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.
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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.
Lily Barraclough: Why our votes matter this provincial election
Lily Barraclough speaks with fellow activists about the mess we’re in, what Covid taught us about a just recovery and how to leverage the upcoming provincial election. “the pandemic has created an opening for massive systemic change,” she writes.
“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.
Media release: Students provided with no relief while returning to university in pandemic
Media release: Students are headed back to school this fall feeling the same as when classes abruptly ended six months ago, stressed and frustrated.
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.
Open letter to the Premier and Minister Kousoulis on the need to protect the rights of student unions
Through the so-called Student Choice Initiative, introduced by Premier Doug Ford’s government on January 17, post-secondary students in Ontario will have the ability to opt out of paying fees for democratically voted-on student services In solidarity with students in Ontario, and recognizing the dangerous precedent this could set for students across the country, students have released a letter calling for legislaiton to be passed in Nova Scotia protecting students unions.
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: Ontario policy changes hurt students studying in Nova Scotia and attack student rights
News release: Announcements regarding post-secondary education made by the Ontario Progressive Conservative government earlier this week will negatively affect students studying in Nova Scotia and threatens students’ right to organize.
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.