Last year, in a move that alarmed staff, politicians and business leaders in the town of about 3,000, the Athabasca University (AU) board of governors voted to transition to "near-virtual" operations.

The provincial government has told Athabasca University it must have 500 more staff working in the northern Alberta town within two years, or risk losing some of its public funding, the university ...

On March 24, Nicolaides and Premier Jason Kenney attended a March 24 town hall in Athabasca about the university’s future. A video of the town hall was posted online.

Demetrios Nicolaides says he’s granted a brief extension for Athabasca University to comply with his decree to move 500 staff to the town the institution is named for.

The university had previously resisted the government’s demand that 500 employees live in Athabasca. The university had said requiring so many staff to live in the small town would make it more ...

Article content. An overhaul of the University of Athabasca’s board of governors was a necessary step to help the school move more staff into the town it is based in, the province says.

On March 24, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney visited Athabasca, 145 kilometres north of Edmonton, to discuss Athabasca University’s future at a town hall meeting. Peter Scott, the president of the ...

The president of Athabasca University says the Alberta government's demand that the online school relocate 500 staffers to the tiny rural town is backward and self-defeating.

During the town hall meeting, Nicolaides had expressed “non-confidence” in the board and neither Nicolaides nor Kenney pushed back when members of the Athabasca University Faculty Association ...

Two years ago, town residents formed a lobby group called Keep Athabasca in Athabasca University and hired Hal Danchilla, a well-known lobbyist with strong UCP connections. For a time, the town paid ...

Demetrios Nicolaides indicated yesterday he hasn’t changed his mind about requiring Athabasca University’s nine top executives to move to the town of Athabasca by 2025. Athabasca University’s mostly ...

Though there's never been a definitive announcement of its demise, the fight to keep the Athabasca University's campus operating in the town for which it's named is expected to be heard at a new venue ...