Alberta Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr).

Source: https://albertapolitics.ca/2023/02/firing-at-athabasca-u-suggests-there-are-now-two-classes-of-public-board-members-in-alberta-those-appointed-by-the-ucp-and-those-not/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=firing-at-athabasca-u-suggests-there-are-no

Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's minister of advanced education, has waded into the University of Lethbridge freedom of speech issue with new but unnecessary government directives, writes Rob Breakenridge.

Source: https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/breakenridge-university-lethbridge-free-speech-dubious-piling-on-province

“It is abundantly clear that more needs to be done to ensure our institutions are adequately protecting free speech,” Nicolaides wrote.

Source: https://www.albertanativenews.com/controversial-calgary-lecturer-shut-down-at-university-of-lethbridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=controversial-calgary-lecturer-shut-down-at-university-of-lethbridge

Nicolaides fired board chair Nancy Laird and appointed Nelson, a former Progressive Conservative leadership candidate, to take her place.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/athabasca-university-board-fires-president-who-fought-alberta-government-on-staff-relocations-1.6734249?cmp=rss