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Amazing week with the team I love the most 💚 #cfsfcee #cfsngm #local109 #utmsu (at Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Airport)

[purusperincendium]

Contemplating the incredible amounts of valuable knowledge and skills that are being imparted to all of the student leaders from across Ontario at the @cfson Ontario Skills Symposium! #yorku #skills #students #leadership #lancerpride #uwsa #cfsfcee #buildingthefuture (at York University)

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Benefits of following the UTSU CFS AGM tumblr

Join us in our latest social media escapade: live-blogging the Annual General Meeting of CFS-National and (hopefully) racking up some notes.

Our delegates, Jasmine Denike, Daman Singh, and Ben Coleman are live blogging their way through this meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students, a student union of student unions (so meta!) using the excellent platform of tumblr. So why should you follow along?

1. Awesome Images and Stuff

Don’t you just love bashing annoying Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente? We do, and we took a photo of it. Maybe there will be videos or audio in the future. Who knows! It’ll be like you’re really with us in sunny Gatineau.

2. Follow Along with Motions

If you go to http://utsu98.tumblr.com/Motions, then you can see all the motions on the Agenda for consideration. If debate happens about motions in committees, we’ll make more posts that will show up in the feed for each motion.

You can check out the feed for our own motion, to reduce the number of signatures needed for a petition to decertify here.

3. Ask us Questions

Want to know more about the CFS, or know more about items on the agenda? Submit a question at http://utsu98.tumblr.com/ask and we’ll answer it! (No guarantees for trolls unless the question is really, really funny.)

4. Submit your own Posts

We have no idea why we added this option, but if you do, show us by submitting a post to go up on the tumblr at http://utsu98.tumblr.com/submit. A great way to grab some of that coveted “student union fame.”

5. Follow us on Twitter

Twitter is where all the action happens! Follow us by checking our profiles on http://utsu98.tumblr.com/delegates or searching for #fcee15. Feel free to tweet us with questions too (or send us email) if tumblr questions are not your thing.

Happy social media times!

~Ben

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As the CFS NGM is opening (in French), guest speaker Monia Mazigh is presenting.

For more details, follow along on Twitter with the #fcee15 or #cfsfcee hashtags.

[ocadstudentunion]

There's your rep front and centre, #OCAD !! I was repping you all weekend at the Ontario exec meeting with @cfson #Repost @cfson with @repostapp. ・・・ The Canadian Federation of Students–Ontario Provincial Executive Committee met this weekend to review, discuss, and strategize the campaigns, services, communications, government relations, and organizational development work of our federation. The executive committee passed motions in support of student activists in Myanmar and South Africa who are fighting and facing incarceration for more fair, equitable, and accessible systems of post-secondary education. The committee also voted to begin work on a mental health campaign challenging stigmatization and working toward better student services. Thanks to the student representatives from campuses across the province who made the weekend an effective, collaborative opportunity for student movement building! #cfsfcee #cdnpse #MyanmarStudents #FeesMustFall #mentalhealth --- Le Comité exécutif provincial de la Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et étudiants-Ontario s'est réuni la fin de semaine passée pour examiner les campagnes et les services de notre Fédération ainsi que le travail qu'elle fait en matière de communications, de relations avec le gouvernement et de développement organisationnel, et élaborer des stratégies. Le Comité exécutif a adopté des motions pour appuyer les activistes étudiants au Myanmar et en Afrique du Sud qui luttent et font face à l'emprisonnement pour un système d'éducation postsecondaire plus juste, équitable et accessible dans leur pays. Le comité a aussi voté pour commencer le travail sur la campagne pour la santé mentale qui défie la stigmatisation et cherche à améliorer les services offerts aux étudiantes et étudiants. Nous tenons à remercier les représentantes et représentants étudiants venus de campus partout dans la province qui ont fait de cette rencontre une occasion efficace et collaborative pour continuer de bâtir le mouvement étudiant!

[ocadstudentunion]

It's that time of year! It's tough to think of things last minute. Have fun, be safe, and be respectful 👻 #Repost @cfsfcee with @repostapp. ・・・ An important message from our National Aboriginal Caucus ahead of Halloween. Link in bio #cfsfcee #notyourstereotype #culturalappropriation #halloween2015

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RALLY FOR ACCOMMODATION: The duty to accommodate is not debatable!

For the past week the entire country has watched in horror as a Memorial University student was denied their right to accommodation in the classroom. Memorial has acknowledged its errors, but we have yet to see a satisfactory resolution that sends a clear message to the university community – and the broader public – that the duty to accommodate is NOT DEBATABLE, and is NOT OPEN TO COMPROMISE.

On Wednesday, September 23, students and supporters will be joining together in a show of solidarity for the rights of all students to access post-secondary education free of barriers that discriminate, isolate and marginalize. The message to the university – and the community – is simple and clear: - We all deserve the right to access education free of barriers and discrimination. - The duty to accommodate is not up for debate. It’s a human right and it must be respected. - Discrimination against even a single student must never be ignored. Join us on Wednesday, September 23 at 12:00pm in the atrium of the Arts & Administration Building. Show your support. Show your outrage. Show your solidarity.

To show your support and to promote awareness for the rally on Wednesday, here are some helpful tools:

Here’s a link to the facebook event: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/903218123049229/

Here’s a facebook profile picture:

Here’s a facebook banner:

[munsu35]

Students to Government: Accessible Post-Secondary is the Best Population Growth Strategy

CFS-NL, Thursday June 25, 2015

ST. JOHN’S, NL – Students converged outside the Manuels River Interpretation Centre today to protest the double standard of the Davis government, which released a population strategy two months after a budget that jeopardizes the province’s achievements in boosting immigration through the post-secondary system.

“Accessible post-secondary education, and maintaining a tuition freeze in this province, is a proven and successful method of boosting immigration and strengthening labour market capacity,” said Travis Perry, Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students – Newfoundland and Labrador. “This government’s own data overwhelmingly shows that the tuition fee freeze is successfully attracting and retaining youth. Approximately 86% of post-secondary graduates remain in Newfoundland and Labrador after graduation.”

Since the tuition fee freeze for graduate students was implemented graduate student enrolment at Memorial University has increased by approximately 225%. Since the tuition fee freeze for international students was implemented international student enrolment at Memorial University has increased by approximately 350%.

The 2015 budget included more than $40 million in cuts to Memorial University, and also lifted a 15-year tuition freeze on graduate students, along with the tuition freeze for international and medical students. It also opened the door for significant fee increases for students in residence, who are predominantly from rural parts of Newfoundland and Labrador.

“It’s absolutely baffling for this government to talk about a population growth strategy out of one side of its mouth, while out of the other side it is imposing policies that will inevitably drive away the students, workers and young people who had hoped to build their lives in this province. It’s hypocritical, and it’s poor public policy,” said Perry.

Students are calling on the Davis government to restore funding to the university and reinstate the tuition freeze for medical, graduate, and international students.

“Any successful population growth strategy must include a strong post-secondary policy, and that means upholding this province’s nationally applauded tuition fee freeze,” said Perry. “We will continue taking action and underscoring this message until it is heard, and until the tuition freeze is restored.”

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For further information, please contact:

Michael Walsh, Canadian Federation of Students Newfoundland and Labrador Organiser 709.737.3204 (office) or 709.685.3203 (cellular)

[This media release was originally distributed by CFS-NL]