To participate in organizing any campaign or to propose ideas for new campaigns, join the Student Issues Action Committee.
In October, the GSAÉ Council voted to support a campaign with the following goals:
On May 1st, 2009, the government of Ontario announced that it would be eliminating the Distance Grant offered to students from remote areas, and that the Textbook and Technology Grant would not be offered to students who are ineligible for OSAP. The creation of these grants were among the electoral promises made by the Liberal Party during the 2007 elections.
Please write to Premier Dalton McGuinty and your MPP denouncing this decision:
Dalton McGuinty, Premier
Legislative Building
Queen's Park
Toronto ON M7A 1A1
dmcguinty.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org
Download the letter written from GSAÉD to Ottawa-Vanier Liberal MPP Madeleine Meilleure here.
Student representatives from the University of Ottawa met the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.
On May 28th, GSAÉD had a chance to have a discussion with Ministers John Milloy, Jim Watson, and Deputy Minister Yasir Naqvi regarding the current challenges facing post-secondary education in Ontario. A representative for Madeleine Meilleur was also present.
The meeting, coordinated by the Office of Minister Milloy and the Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario (CFS-O), allowed student representatives to tackle a variety of issues, notably the provincial financing of infrastructure, the needs of international students, the financing of Graduate studies and the commercialization of research. The students present took the opportunity to thank the government for the transfers that will allow the construction of the Vanier Tower at the University of Ottawa campus, while stressing the urgency for increased provincial funding that aims to reduce student debt and improve accessibility to post-secondary education in Ontario.
Questions and Comments: external@gsaed.ca
In the Winter 2008, GSAÉD created the International Students' Working Group to do research and lobbying efforts on various issues such as employment for international students, tuition fees, health insurance costs, etc. If you would like more information about the working group, please contact the GSAÉD External Commissioner.