University Of Alberta Eyes Budget Cuts In Wake Of Reduced Funding - Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press

A leaked internal email says the University of Alberta is eyeing deep cuts because of reductions in operating grants announced in the government's budget. The email, released Wednesday by the NDP, says university president Indira Samarasekera instructed faculty heads last weekend to draw up scenarios to spend 20 per cent less starting next year. The deans have also been directed to find a way to raise money to recoup half that amount. "Clearly this task requires a new way of thinking and planning," Fern Snart, dean of education, told in-house colleagues in the leaked email. Snart did not return a call for comment. The president's meeting with the deans came three days after Premier Alison Redford's government announced a cut of $2 billion in operating grants to 26 post-secondary institutions for 2013-14 — a 6.8 per cent cut from the previous year. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/13/university-of-alberta-budget-cuts_n_2868425.html