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Tim Tang resigns Tim Tang, the associate vice-president of students at MacEwan, has resigned from his role and will return to the University of Alberta to take on an equivalent position with the same title. Tang has been with MacEwan for two years and oversaw a...
Did you know that MacEwan has a students’ council? It has 14 councillors and five executive committee members who represent the student body of MacEwan. Right now, it's election season for the councillors, and the Griff is here to help explain how this specific...
On Feb. 27, the United Conservative Party (UCP) released its second budget. This budget cuts operating funds to universities by 6.3 per cent, from $5.47 million to $5.13 million, which can be found on page 130 and 212 of the Fiscal Plan 2020-23, which can be found...
The United Nations found the United States to regularly be in violation of the Convention against Torture in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, using it to extract information from detainees, even though psychologists have known for decades that, aside from...
If you attend a post-secondary institution in Canada, odds are you’re a member of a students’ association or its equivalent. Students’ associations are organizations that operate within a university (but separate from its administration) and lobby the university...
Thomas Lukaszuk, former deputy premier of Alberta and former Progressive Conservative MLA for the Edmonton-Castle Downs constituency, discussed changes in Alberta politics at MacEwan University on Feb. 1. Lukaszuk held public office from 2001 until he was voted out...
“Honest politician” is an oxymoron. During the election, hopes are high and candidates are optimistic about the future, so they make promises that are sometimes difficult to keep. Rachel Notley’s optimism won over voters in the 2015 election, but the consensus...