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Nominations are now open for the following positions on the YUGSA Executive team: Executive (1): Vice President Internal If you are interested in running for any of these positions, please send an email to VP Campaigns (campaigns@yugsa.ca). The election will take place at the September meeting of the YUGSA Council (Sep. 19th, 2019, 5:30 pm, […]

Solidarity Mixer Hosted by the York Cross-Campus Alliance   Thursday, August 29 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. et al. Faculty & Graduate Student Café & Pub S166 Ross Building   In celebration of the coming Labour Day weekend, the York Cross-Campus Alliance will host a solidarity mixer and social for all its members: York staff, […]

“OSAP offers have arrived. And students are stunned at the numbers.” By Joanne Laucius Reprinted from Ottawa Citizen The provincial government’s overhaul of post-secondary grants and loans is starting to sink in for students as they scramble to figure out how they’ll make ends meet with a new school year only months away. For undergraduate […]

By Larry Savage  Reprinted from Education Forum Big business is actively fostering closer relationships with Canadian universities in an effort to reorient post-secondary learning and research towards serving private business interests rather than the public good. This trend is worrisome for university workers, students, and those segments of society who believe that the primary goal […]

Watch this clip from the May 28th press conference!   The Canadian Federation of Students and York Federation of Students have filed a legal challenge to the Doug Ford government’s so-called “Student Choice Initiative” (SCI). The government announced the SCI earlier this year without any consultation of students’ unions. The SCI will introduce a new opt-out period […]