NEW: Pro-Palestinian protest encampments pop up at U of A and U of C. theprogressreport.ca/pro_palestinia…

Updated with new link: Library Association pulls award for Royal Military College professor's book. Book has been criticized by a Jewish organization/Holocaust scholars who raised concerns it whitewashes Nazi collaborators in Ukraine.
ottawacitizen.com/news/national/… via @ottawacitizen

Palestinian solidarity encampments have sprung up at the U of A and U of C. We'll be at the U of A one later today.

University of Alberta has re-entered the chat. University of Calgary just dropped too!
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Edmonton: Come support these righteous students. While our eyes stay on Rafah, demand that #UAlberta disclose, divest, and defend Gaza

#StudentIntifada #BDS #FreePalestine

Parkland Institute is hiring! We are looking for a full-time Research Manager to join our team. This role combines remote and in-person work at the U of A campus. Applications are open until May 23, 2024.
Learn more at apps.ualberta.ca/careers/postin….

We obtained internal documents that revealed the closed-door push for Alberta’s pause on new renewable energy projects. Drew Anderson has everything you need to know about that timeline. #renewables #abpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewa…

PODCAST: Joel Laforest, policy advisor to councilor Courtney Walcott, joins us on the pod to sum up Calgary's weeks-long zoning hearings & how they tie into UCP Bills 18 and 20. #ableg #yyc theprogressreport.ca/pod_housing_cr…

This is well worth the read to remember not to fall for what we have been told about the terrible decision by ⁦EPSB⁩ to bring back SROs.

“What really happened here? Piecing together the story behind EPSB’s decision to bring back SROs” bridgetstirling.medium.com/what-really-ha…

Apparently the University of Alberta is so terrified of a pro-Palestinian encampment, that they've completely shut down campus and staff/students must use their proximity passes to access any buildings. Services are basically shut down.

Federal minister Randy Boissonnault announces Ottawa coming to the rescue of Boyle Street, investing $21 million to allow new King Thunderbird Centre to be completed. #yeg #yeg dt

Writing The Progress Report's PROGRESS REPORT Jeremy Appel - @jeremyappel.bsky.social reports on a RMC Canada CMR historian who was hosted at Edmonton’s Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex to promote a new pamphlet defending the 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS.

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'The study, led by University of Toronto researchers, found 'no consistent associations' between police funding and crime rates across 20 municipalities, including Edmonton.'

UCP executes screeching reversal of plan to stop funding low-income transit pass program. albertapolitics.ca/2024/05/ucp-ex… #ableg #abpoli #YEG #YYC

Academic defending Yaroslav Hunka receives standing ovation in Edmonton theprogressreport.ca/academic_defen… via The Progress Report

NEW: Academic defending Yaroslav Hunka receives standing ovation in Edmonton theprogressreport.ca/academic_defen…