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Fighting for Our Rights
Every day, students are affected by government policies and university regulations. In Canada, the federal government's responsibilities in post-secondary education include the Canada Student Loan Program, as well as providing funding to provinces for post-secondary education and to universities for research, while provincial governments set tuition fee and student aid policies and allocate resources for post-secondary institutions. Therefore, for a students' union to be effective, it must have an impact on university policies, as well as those of provincial and federal governments.
The MUN Students' Union conducts campaigns and lobbies the University administration directly and, as members of the Canadian Federation of Students, lobbies the provincial and federal governments. In the last eighteen months, the Federation's members won a commitment from the provincial government for a three-year extension to the existing tuition fee freeze, and convinced the federal Conservative Party to drop Income Contingent Student Loan Repayment Schemes from its election platform. These schemes, which have been successfully opposed by students for several years, would result in massive tuition fee hikes and increases in student debt as never seen before.
In the coming year, the Union will build on its successes by focusing on campaigning for a long-term strategy to reduce tuition fees, improved student financial assistance, and increased university funding. The Union will also continue to lobby the University administration to eliminate differential and ancillary fees and improve academic appeals and student complaints processes. The Union will work with other students' unions to negotiate improved route schedules and a special pass for its members with Metrobus, as has been accomplished by students in other major cities in Canada.
For more information about any of the Union's campaigns and to get involved, contact the Director of Campaigns
, or drop by the Union's office on the 2nd floor of the University Centre.
The MUN Students' Union conducts campaigns and lobbies the University administration directly and, as members of the Canadian Federation of Students, lobbies the provincial and federal governments. In the last eighteen months, the Federation's members won a commitment from the provincial government for a three-year extension to the existing tuition fee freeze, and convinced the federal Conservative Party to drop Income Contingent Student Loan Repayment Schemes from its election platform. These schemes, which have been successfully opposed by students for several years, would result in massive tuition fee hikes and increases in student debt as never seen before.
In the coming year, the Union will build on its successes by focusing on campaigning for a long-term strategy to reduce tuition fees, improved student financial assistance, and increased university funding. The Union will also continue to lobby the University administration to eliminate differential and ancillary fees and improve academic appeals and student complaints processes. The Union will work with other students' unions to negotiate improved route schedules and a special pass for its members with Metrobus, as has been accomplished by students in other major cities in Canada.
For more information about any of the Union's campaigns and to get involved, contact the Director of Campaigns
, or drop by the Union's office on the 2nd floor of the University Centre.
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Suite 2000, University Centre | Memorial University of Newfoundland | St. John's, NL | A1C 5S7
Tel: (709) 737-7633 | Fax: (709) 737-4743