By Jen Smith
Public Interest Alberta is holding a conference on post-secondary education February 24th-26th in Edmonton. The conference will focus on the hottest issues currently facing post-secondary education in Alberta. Jeffery Simpson, the Globe and Mail’s national affairs columnist, and Peter MacMenamin, the Deputy General Secretary of the Teacher’s Union in Ireland, are both scheduled to be keynote speakers, and the other speakers and discussion leaders all have strong PSE backgrounds.
Knowledge is power; this is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in becoming better informed about current PSE issues, and engaging in exciting discussion and debate about the evolution of PSE in Alberta. Concrete initiatives and action plans will be developed to help influence how the changes the Alberta government will be making to PSE, including the implementation of a new provincial tuition policy.
If you would like to attend this conference, apply to the Students’ Union for Travel & Conference funding by February 3rd.
For more information about the conference, check out www.pialberta.org.
Hope to see you there!