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‘Keep AU in Athabasca’ petition circulates
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A petition to keep
Athabasca University
(AU) in Athabasca
has been making the
rounds online.
The petition is a joint
effort between Alberta
Union of Provincial
Employees (AUPE)
Local 069 and the
Athabasca University
Faculty Association
(AUFA) to lobby the
provincial government
to ensure AU remains
permanently
in
Athabasca.
Since the petition
went live on Aug. 18,
it has been gaining
traction on social media
as more and more
people continue to sign
and comment. Over 320
people from Athabasca
and around the world
signed the petition
within four days of its
launching.
Although the petition
is only a few days
old, it has been in
the works for weeks,
ever since the AU
Presidential Taskforce
on Sustainability
released its financial
sustainability report at
the beginning of June.
The report raised
flags for the unions,
who feared that
AU would move its
headquarters outside of
Athabasca or outsource
its IT department.
That concerned AUPE
vice-president of the
North-Central region,
Mike Dempsey, and the
250 AU support staff
represented by AUPE.
“As soon as we got
wind that this was
in the cards — not
that a thing that
would happen, but a
potential — the AUPE
membership were very
nervous about this,”
Dempsey said. “So we
put our heads together
to see what we could do
for support.”
Dempsey said he
spoke with AthabascaSturgeon-Redwater
MLA Colin Piquette
about the situation
and received verbal
reassurances AU
would stay put, but
Piquette told him the
Legislature would need
to see support for the
university from outside
the institution and in
the larger community.
Comments on the
petition range from
people who work or
study at AU, to people
who live in Athabasca
and call it their home.
AU
pumps
in
millions of dollars
into Athabasca as
university employees
spend their paycheques
on housing, groceries,
restaurants
and
shopping in town.
This benefits regional
economies, Dempsey
noted, by providing both
accessible education
and diversifying the
economies outside of
cities.
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Generally speaking, we’re not big fans of petitions. To
scrawl your signature on a page alongside three dozen others takes very little effort or forethought, and barely shows
any commitment to, or even an understanding of, the issue
at hand. Petition-takers themselves also tend to be a little on
the lazy side, leaving their forms unattended on restaurant
counters, grocery checkouts and other high traffic areas. As
a result, many signatures are deemed invalid because the
individual is neither the age of majority, nor a resident of the
jurisdiction. And in all but a few instances, decision makers
are not bound to even consider petitions, much less abide by
them.
However, we’ll put these concerns aside in this instance
and encourage everyone to sign the online ‘Keep Athabasca
University in Athabasca’ petition, which can be found at athabascaworks.com
Why? In a nutshell, because desperate times call for desperate measures. Athabasca University (AU) administration –
and to this point, the provincial government – maintains that
decisions will be based on what’s best for AU. The concerns of
the community, in their minds, are secondary. The petition is
a means by which the community can send a demonstrable
message that our concerns are legitimate and must be heard.
Furthermore, our local governments seem reluctant to challenge AU or weigh in on the debate. If they won’t advocate
for the concerns of the community, then the task falls to the
citizens themselves.
This isn’t about what happened at AU in the past that may
have led them to their financial predicament. And it’s not
about how AU operates now. It’s a simple, but vitally important statement of how important AU is to this community
– both economically and socially.
Of course, if you feel inclined to write a letter or call your
MLA to stress the importance of AU in Athabasca, we encourage you to do so as well.
But signing the online petition is a good start.
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Joel Watson
faith. Accept our offer or get
Re: “Library Board refuses nothing at all.
That was then. This is
move to new school site,” Aug.
4 edition Athabasca Advocate now. I can’t believe how short
sighted some of our
This is a very catchy
council members are.
heading
indeed.
Go back and negotiate
However, it is entirely
LETTERS
to the
with the school
misleading.
EDITOR
board, says this
The Library Board
sage group – Father
was up against the
knows best. Negotiate with
wall when the
what? Again, bargaining in
notion of attaching
the current library to the bad faith.
All that was promised at
new school was proposed.
The board was informed that the beginning of the project
if they didn’t agree to the is no more. The actual space
new location adjacent to the will be smaller. There will be
multiplex, there would be no no room for archives. This is
new library. There was no not what a municipal library
negotiation; take it or leave should be.
Now is our chance to make
it. In the real world, they
call this bargaining in bad it a vibrant, happening place
Don’t drop the ball
Got a comment?
We will print all letters provided they
aren’t libellous, in bad taste or too
long. They must be relevant to the
Advocate’s coverage area. Please
include your first and last name, phone
number and the name of your home
community. Letters may be e-mailed
to [email protected].
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Olivia Bako
where people can browse,
use the computers, chat with
other patrons, have a cup
of coffee and then perhaps
wander over to the archives
section. Look to the future,
councillors! Don’t stick us
‘somewhere’ in the vicinity
of the new structure. I can
imagine your reaction if you
were told you had to move
your business, and oh yeah,
you will be getting quite a
bit less space than originally
promised.
It is a slap in the face to
current and former (this
includes me) library board
members to be told to go
back to the drawing board.
This is not town council’s
decision, and to say, “I
don’t think there have been
enough meetings with all
members in the room,” is
just self-serving politics.
Stop being paternalistic and
draconian and help the board
achieve their goals, instead of
making them jump through
unnecessary hoops. The end
result will not change.
Town council dropped the
ball with their stance upon
hearing the news about
75 full-time Athabasca
University jobs and at least
$5 million per year having
left Athabasca since 2012,
and your decision that it “isn’t
really town council’s place.”
Don’t drop the ball on this
one.
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Fall Home Improvement
economy and quality post-secondary education. I
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees urge them to speak publicly on behalf of AU, its
Local 069, which represents Athabasca Uni- employees and students, and to contact our local
versity’s support staff, is very concerned about MLA Colin Piquette; Innovation and Advanced
Education Minister Lori Sigurdson; and Prerecent comments bringing into question the vimier Notley to press them to ensure AU’s
ability of the university in the town of Athabasfuture in this community.
ca. AUPE, Alberta’s largest union, repIt is clear Athabasca University needs
resents rural people across the province LETTERS
to the
more funding and permanent leadership,
and realize how vital public services are
EDITOR
both of which can be easily accomplished,
to rural economies.
given the political will. It is up to people of
To cut jobs from this community
Athabasca to ensure our leaders have that will.
in this time of economic uncertainty
Wendy Jewell
seems irresponsible. We need the business that
Chair, AUPE Local 069
Athabasca University brings to this town to
keep stores open and allow our community to
prosper. Statistics indicate that 75 jobs lost in
Karied Away Stamping
this community amounts to approximately $5
Presents
million in business lost a year. We simply cannot afford to have $5 million more a year leaving
this community.
There have been gloomy predictions of Athabasca University’s insolvency and the argument
that AU can’t find qualified people to work in
Display of Fall, Halloween, and Christmas ideas
Athabasca. What does this say about Athabasca
University’s commitment to the community? If
they can’t find and retain competent staff to
work at AU, what does it say about the staff
they already have? I think anyone working at
Proceeds to support
AU in Athabasca should find that comment
Crafts and Conversation Program
alarming, as well as the community as a whole.
Alarmist predictions of insolvency seem farfetched. Only seven months ago, AU’s executive
At Athabasca United Church
predicted a $12 million deficit, and then the uniTuesday, September 1st
versity posted a surplus. The year before that,
12:00 pm to 8:00 pm
AU administration predicted a deficit and posted a surplus. I urge the provincial government
to conduct a thorough investigation and audit
of AU’s finances to determine the university’s
true viability.
Another problem that exacerbates this air of
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uncertainty is the lack of a permanent univer(which starts again
sity president. AU has had an interim president
on Wednesday September 2)
for more than a year, which, whether it’s intentional or not, sends a very ominous signal to students, staff and the community at large.
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Man who passed out in running vehicle guilty of impaired driving
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A 32-year old man
who passed out in a
running vehicle parked
in the middle of the
road was found guilty
of impaired operation
of a motor vehicle in
Athabasca Provincial
Court last Monday.
Shawn
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to the charges and was
ordered to pay $1,560 in
fines.
On July 13, 2015, at
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“When I think about
the downturn in the
economy of oil and gas,
and how reliant places
like Lac La Biche and
Athabasca are on oil and
gas dollars, it’s huge,”
he said. “If you remove
that source of income,
what happens? Well,
you have a lot of young
people that have to go
back to school again.
“Places
like
Athabasca University
or Portage College in
Lac La Biche, they can
only grow through these
tumultuous times, and
that can help the local
economy when there
are times of trouble with
oil and gas. I think it’s
a win-win situation to
keep it there.”
This is a change that
not only Dempsey is
noticing; he mentioned
that in conversations
with people in the
Ministry of Advanced
Education, they expect
a spike in the number of
people applying to enrol
in advanced education,
especially as the natural
resource industry slows
down.
A paper version of
the petition will be
circulating next month,
and once the names
are gathered, a copy
will be presented to the
Alberta Innovation and
Advanced Education
Minister Lori Sigurdson,
for discussion in the
fall sitting of the
Legislature.