Welcome to Beyond the Lecture Hall, the podcast that focuses on issues in Alberta's postsecondary education sector.  On this episode we start with the regular provincial news Round Up with co-hosts Roberta Lexier and Lee Easton. Our feature interview is with AFL President Gil McGowan, who discusses the Common Front and Solidarity Pact.  In the Spotlight segment, Dan O'Donnell speaks with MRFA President Brenda Lang and Advocacy Officer Brian Nichols about the association's advocacy work. 

Useful links:

• CAFA Website - https://cafa-ab.ca/

• To write to the University of Calgary's administration to demand they reverse the program suspensions in the Faculty of Arts: https://win.newmode.net/canadianassociationofuniversityteachers/stoptheprogramsuspensionsinthefacultyofartsattheuniversityofcalgary

• The Alberta Wage Disadvantage (report by Jim Stanford): https://afl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Alberta-Wage-Disadvantage-Report-January-28-2025.pdf

• The Common Front: https://afl.org/campaign/commonfront/