Memorial University plays an integral role in our province - academically, socially, culturally, and economically. Our public University has a special obligation to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Our public university must be properly funded.

The profoundly negative impacts that a decade of funding cuts is having on our province's University cannot be overstated. Funding to MUN has been cut by 46% since 2013 (excluding Medical School).

Continuing to allow the degradation of the University’s ability to function properly is a disservice to the people of the province and to the memory in those whose name it was established. Funding cuts to Memorial University not only impact the faculty, students, and staff of the University community - they hurt the province as a whole.

Newfoundland and Labrador requires a public university with the resources and capacity to give students the kind of education that they need to succeed.

Our province needs an adequately funded public university where teaching, research, and knowledge mobilization are given the support they need to thrive for the betterment of our society.

We deserve a public University that is accessible to all and of the highest quality. Students need a system of financial assistance and grants that reduce the barriers of pursuing a post-secondary education and which eliminates student debt.

The province needs a University that serves the public good.

Memorial University must be a place where students, faculty, and staff are valued and supported.

These goals cannot become a reality if funding cuts continue - students, faculty and staff are barely holding on.

Simply put, cuts must end and funding needs to be restored (and increased) to Memorial University. Doing so would be an investment in our province, its people, and our collective future - one that will pay huge dividends for generations to come.