TORONTO, March 28 /OUSA/ – Ontario students welcome the McGuinty government’s announcement of full funding for 60,000 new spaces in Ontario’s universities and colleges over the next five years. This investment is crucial to Ontario’s long-term prosperity and to meeting the Premier’s target of 70 per cent post-secondary attainment.
“The government has demonstrated once again that it understands the importance of higher education to Ontario’s social and economic future,” …read more
Students welcome funding for new seats at Ontario universities
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Student representatives from OUSA and the College Student Alliance came together on Thursday for our semi-annual meeting with the Higher Education Publishers’ Group of the Canadian Publishers’ Council. In attendance were representatives from the five major publishers of textbooks used in Canadian post-secondary institutions. Despite some predictable disagreements, overall the meeting was a productive session.
The first item on the agenda was hearing from a representative for Access Copyright …read more
The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is pleased to announce that Sam Andrey has been selected as OUSA’s next Executive Director effective May 1st, 2011. A graduate of the University of Waterloo and OUSA’s current Director of Research & Policy Analysis, Sam has been heavily involved in OUSA for the past four years and has demonstrated a passion for and commitment to improving post-secondary education for the students of Ontario. As Executive Director, Sam will be responsib …read more
Next Thursday, March 31st, OUSA will be holding its 7th annual partners in higher education dinner in Toronto. Every year, this event brings nearly 200 guests, ranging from students, administration, faculty, civil servants, MPPs, and other higher education sector stakeholders. The event itself is meant as a celebration of the ongoing partnerships that OUSA enjoys with its other stakeholders, as well as an opportunity to discuss and debate important issues facing the sector and students. Addition …read more
