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The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is proud to release its recent issue of Habitats: Students in Their Municipalities 2017. This annual publication is comprised of a series of case studies on municipal-level issues affecting undergraduate students that are written by students and researchers from OUSA’s member institutions.
There are many, many careers students can enter into with their humanities and social science degrees. To illustrate this reality, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance conducted a short interview series with four professionals who graduated from humanities and social science programs from Ontario universities and now have prosperous jobs.
Habitats is a series of case studies on municipal-level issues affecting undergraduate students. These are written by OUSA campus researchers from our member institutions. Topics in this issue include an examination of the student rental market in London, Ontario; student housing surrounding McMaster University; student housing in the City of Waterloo; campus mobility at the University of Waterloo; and the Student Maintenance and Resource Team at Queen's.
From November 30th - December 3rd 2015, OUSA representatives convened at Queen’s Park for OUSA’s annual Student Advocacy Conference. This conference, a staple in the organization’s yearly rotation, is one of OUSA’s most effective lobbying events. This year Steering Committee chose three priorities for the advocacy week: tax credit reallocation, the provincial funding formula, and work-integrated learning. To advance these student priorities, student representatives met with dozens of political staff and government officials. Summarized within this report are the outcomes of the week.
The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance is pleased to be presenting our first issue of “Habitats,” a series of case studies researched and written by Ontario university students.