University of Calgary administration spoke with student leaders Tuesday evening about proposed "exceptional" increases for fall 2022 that would result in tuition in some programs jumping by more than 50 per cent. "The exceptional tuition increases are intended to ensure continued educational quality in high demand programs by offsetting the impact of recent provincial budget reductions," the university said in a statement emailed to CBC News. The Students' Union (SU) said administration presented plans for the increases at an information session during the union's legislative council. That means MD students and domestic engineering students would pay more than $2,000 extra each year, and international engineering students would pay an additional $11,000 per year. "Engineering especially has been pretty hard hit by tuition increases in the past two years.

Source: CBC News May 19, 2021 20:26 UTC