Sydney Keyamo: Vote for the future – The Nova Scotia election and the student vote
New contributor Sydney Keyama on the election issues that matter to students and young people.
Canadian Federation of Students
Media release: Students launch election campaign for a just Covid-19 recovery
This provincial election, students are presenting a vision for a just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia.
“In the context of COVID-19, for a lot of students it’s the last straw” – Dalhousie and Kings students demand tuition freeze
Students at Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College are demanding a tuition freeze after university administration announced a three per cent rise in fees. Meanwhile, international students are slated to pay nearly two thousand dollars extra next year. Reporter David J. Shuman reports.
Exploiting students and calling it volunteerism: The other problem with the Canada Student Service Grant program
The Canada Student Service Grant pays students less than minimum wage and strips them of basic employment protections. Doing this may well be illegal, writes Lisa Cameron, and it’most certainly sends the wrong message about student labour.
Media release: Students walk out in support of Wet’suwet’en and Indigenous land defenders
Today, students across Nova Scotia will walk out of class in support of Wet’suwet’en and Indigenous land and water defenders who are protecting their sovereign and unceded land from harmful oil and gas infrastructure of the Coastal Gas Link Pipeline and militarized force of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Media release: Budget 2020 leaves little for students with the highest tuition fees in Canada
Media release: Students were looking for a bold investment in education and the climate, and saw neither. Tuition has increased more than 20% since this government came to power, making Nova Scotia the least affordable province for pursuing post-secondary education. Instead of making investments in students and investing in a just transition to a green economy, the government continues to give tax cuts for corporations.
Press release: Students ready to hit the polls as largest voting block in this election
News release: This federal election, students and youth are seeking bold solutions on two key issues: access to education and climate change. Students are ready to mobilize to make their issues election issues as they head back to class this week.
Media advisory: Lack of public investment in post-secondary leaves students and faculty out to dry
News release: Today students join members of FUNSCAD, the faculty union at NSCAD University, rallying to demand a fair deal for faculty along with an investment in public post-secondary education.
News release: Students rally; demand the crisis in post-secondary education to be addressed
News release: Today students are calling on university presidents and the Department of Labour and Advanced Education to address the crisis of rising tuition fees and underfunding of institutions in Nova Scotia.
News release: Students call out government process as undemocratic and demand tuition fees be legislated
News release: The Minister of Labour and Advanced Education, Labi Kousoulis, is currently negotiating tuition fee regulation and university funding for the next five years in backdoor meetings with University presidents and students are calling out the process as undemocratic.