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This past January, the Ontario government announced changes to post-secondary education that will gravely affect access to OSAP and impose changes to ancillary fees which threaten students’ unions. In response, students across Ontario are gearing up for a provincial day of action on Wednesday, March 20! Join us as thousands of students walk out of […]

This past January the Ford government announced a series of cuts to OSAP and the so-called “Student Choice Initiative” to make ancillary fees optional. We are currently in discussions with York University administration about how we are determining ‘essential’ and ‘non-essential’ ancillary fees. We have made it clear to the administration that YUGSA cannot provide […]

  Nomination Period: Monday February 25, 2019, 10AM – Thursday March 7, 2019, 4PM All Candidates Meeting: Friday March 8, 2019, 5PM-8PM Voting Days (Keele Campus): March 25-27 Voting Day (Glendon Campus): March 27   Open positions are as follows: The Executive Committee (6): President Vice President Campaigns Vice President Internal Vice President Finance and […]

Join us at our upcoming Annual General Meeting featuring the panel, “The York We Want, The Premier We Don’t: Post-Secondary Education in the Ford-Era”. Date: Thursday, February 7, 2019 Time: 5:30-6:30 pm (Panel), and 6:30-8:30 pm (AGM business)  Location: Overgrad, Ross S167  Please reserve your spot on Eventbrite! Doug Ford’s Premiership promises to be a […]

On January 16, the Ford government announced the entirety of its plans for regressive changes to Ontario’s post-secondary system. This is undeniably an attack on the quality of education and student services on our campuses. We will do everything we can to fight it. They’ve announced a series of changes to OSAP and ancillary fees […]

For years, the Unist’ot’en Camp in British Columbia has held a blockade to prevent development on their territory. The Unis’tot’en (C’ihlts’ehkhyu / Big Frog Clan) are the original Wet’suwet’en Yintah Wewat Zenli distinct to the lands of the Wet’suwet’en. TransCanada is planning to build a pipelines’ 670-kilometre Coastal Gaslink pipeline, which will transport liquefied natural gas from […]