University of Alberta
universityPublic, Flagship
| University of Alberta link () Sourcewatch Website | |
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| File:University of Alberta seal.png | |
| Motto | Quaecumque vera (Latin) |
| Formation | 1908 |
| Headquarters | Edmonton,Alberta |
| Type | Public, Flagship |
| Other names | The Golden Bears (men), The Pandas (women) |
| Canadian university | |
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,[1] the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory,[2] the university's first president. It was enabled through the Post-secondary Learning Act.[3]
The university is a major economic driver in Alberta. Its impact on Alberta's economy is estimated at $12.3 billion annually, or five per cent of the province's gross domestic product.[4]
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In 2020, Kathleen Lowrey, an associate professor of anthropology, was informed that her contract for an administrative role would not be renewed. Lowrey a self-described "gender-critical feminist" says she was dismissed over her views that transgender identity doesn’t trump biological sex for policy decisions, as some segments of the LGBTQ movement do. She expressed these views in one of her classes.[5]
References
- ↑ "A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherford", Douglas R. Babcock, 1989, The University of Calgary Press, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, ISBN 0-919813-65-8
- ↑ "Henry Marshall Tory, A Biography", originally published 1954, current edition January 1992, E.A. Corbett, Toronto: Ryerson Press, ISBN 0-88864-250-4
- ↑ http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=p19p5.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=9780779737932%7C
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121009182632/http://www.news.ualberta.ca/article.aspx?id=2CA43617BB3C4D1FAAE2A50D5911279F
- ↑ https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/u-of-a-professor-says-she-was-dismissed-over-views-that-biological-sex-trumps-transgender-identity-for-policy-decisions