U of L president to discuss funding cuts at SACPA

By Jensen, Randy on June 13, 2020.

LETHBRIDGE HERALD

University of Lethbridge president and vice-chancellor Mike Mahon will be the guest speaker at a special Monday online session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs, discussing the post-secondary cuts the U of L has been forced to endure.

The reductions to U of L’s budget is a result of the reductions to provincial operating grants from 2019-20 to 2022-23 are significant (20 per cent).

Mahon will further explain the cuts, staff layoffs and budgetary requirements post-secondary institutions, including U of L, will have to deal with.

Mahon was installed as the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lethbridge in 2010 and after serving two consecutive terms has been reappointed for a third term beginning July 1.

Monday’s online session will begin at 10 a.m. on YouTube Live link: https://youtu.be/ncsoz79_x58. In order to ask questions of the speaker in the chat feature of YouTube, you must have a YouTube account and be signed in.