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November 18, 2024

 OUSA kicks off the annual Student Advocacy Conference

TORONTO – This week, seventeen student leaders from the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) are heading to Queen’s Park to meet with MPPs and their staff to discuss student concerns. OUSA represents 160,000 students from nine universities across Ontario, and our student representatives will be advocating for OUSA’s priorities on investing in post-secondary education, housing, food insecurity, and responses to hate-motivated attacks.

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November 15, 2024

OUSA recognizes one year since the release of the Blue Ribbon Panel report

TORONTO - Today marks one year since the final report from the Blue Ribbon Panel was released. The Panel put forth several recommendations to the provincial government to enhance the sustainability of Ontario’s post-secondary sector. While the province has taken some steps to support student affordability and institutional investments, there remains significant shortfalls that exacerbate the financial crisis facing universities.

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November 1, 2024

OUSA responds to the 2024 Fall Economic Statement

TORONTO - On Wednesday, the Ontario government released Building Ontario for You, the 2024 economic outlook and review of provincial spending. As an organization vested in the interests of students, OUSA is disappointed to see a continued lack of commitment to better funding post-secondary education.

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September 12, 2024

OUSA Publishes Issue 18 of Educated Solutions: 

From Global to Local: The Complexity of Internationalization

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August 19 , 2024

OUSA releases policy paper titled “Rural and Northern Students”

TORONTO - The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is proud to release the third policy paper approved by OUSA’s Fall 2023 General Assembly, Rural and Northern Students. The paper was written, approved, and published by students with the purpose of providing recommendations for improving rural and northern students' post-secondary education. 

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May 6, 2024

OUSA releases policy paper titled “Student Health & Wellness”

TORONTO - The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is proud to release the first policy paper approved by OUSA’s Fall 2023 General Assembly, Student Health and Wellness. The paper was written, approved, and published by students with the purpose of providing recommendations for improving the health and wellness of post-secondary students. 

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March 27, 2024

OUSA Responds to the 2024 Ontario Budget

TORONTO - Yesterday, the Ontario government released Build a Better Ontario, the 2024 Ontario Budget. This budget focuses on securing Ontario’s financial stability as the province navigates rising inflation rates and the subsequent affordability crisis. It includes the recently announced $1.3 billion investment in Ontario’s post-secondary sector and a continued tuition freeze for domestic students. While students of Ontario are happy to see the maintenance of the tuition freeze and the additional investments in gender-based and sexual violence support, the provincial funding announced in this budget still falls short of what is needed to remedy the sector’s financial peril. To address the challenges students are currently facing and ensure the longevity of post-secondary education in Ontario, OUSA continues to urge the provincial government to further invest in student financial aid, student housing, campus mental health, and increased long-term funding solutions in the form of operating grants.  

Dear Premier Ford and Minister Bethlenfalvy,

Ontario’s students and universities have come together to urgently call for investment in universities in Budget 2024 – an investment in our province’s students, communities and future.

Last month’s announcement of $903 million over three years to Ontario’s postsecondary institutions was an important first step in addressing the immediate challenges of the sector.

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February 26, 2024

TORONTO - Earlier today, the Ministry of Colleges and Universities announced a $1.3 billion funding package for post-secondary institutions. The package will include $903 million in stabilization funds for colleges and universities over three years, and top-up funding will be distributed on a by-need basis to institutions that apply. While OUSA is pleased to see the maintenance of the tuition freeze and the addition of funding to post-secondary institutions in need, concerns about the lack of sustainable funding solutions still stand. 

January 15th, 2024 – “At this critical juncture for the postsecondary sector, Ontario’s universities and their students, stand united in urging the government to take immediate action to invest in higher education.