Students’ Union to hold protest for university budget - Nathan Fung, the Gatew

A protest about the increase in international tuition and other financial decisions by the University of Alberta is planned to take place this Friday. Following a protest where over 50 people swarm the hallway outside U of A president David Turpin’s office, this upcoming protest is again urging the university’s Board of Governors to re-examine their 2018-19 budget which was approved last month. The budget includes a raise to international student tuition by 3.14 per cent, hikes to rent in residence by four per cent, and the passing of a costlier all-you-can-eat meal plan which the Students’ Union says 93 per cent of students are opposed to. https://www.thegatewayonline.ca/2018/04/su-hold-protest-for-uni-budget/