Alberta Introduces Bill on Institutional Neutrality and Reforms Student Financial Aid

The Government of Alberta has introduced Bill 38, which mandates public and independent universities to maintain neutrality on social and political issues. Concurrently, the province announced significant changes to student financial aid rules for 2026–27, eliminating the use of parental income in provincial student aid assessments, a change that will lead to the reassessment of approximately 21,000 applications. The province also plans to implement a 2% cap on next year's tuition increases for existing domestic students and set maximum tuition amounts for certain programs.