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May 30, 2025

OUSA Concerned Over Post-Secondary Changes in Bill 33

TORONTO - Yesterday, the province tabled Bill 33, Supporting Children and Students Act, which would establish regulations on the types of fees that students pay and on admissions criteria. If passed, this legislation would allow the provincial government to dictate which ancillary fees can and cannot be charged to students. It would also make decisions around program admissions based on student merit alone.

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May 16, 2025

OUSA Responds to the 2025 Ontario Budget

TORONTO - Yesterday, the Ontario government released A Plan to Protect Ontario, the 2025 Ontario Budget. In wake of trade disputes, this budget safeguards the province’s economy, promotes policies that unite provinces, and invests in Ontario-made manufacturing and infrastructure. While these are well-intended measures to support workers and businesses in a precarious time, OUSA is worried that the province is not putting enough focus on students and institutions, and the role they will play to tackle these impending challenges. 

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April 22, 2025

OUSA Responds to Provincial STEM Funding Announcement

TORONTO - Yesterday, the provincial government announced a $750 million investment to support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) enrollment at colleges and universities across the province. Publicly assisted institutions will have access to this funding immediately once signing their 2025-2030 operating agreements, and it is expected to fund up to 20,500 STEM seats per year.

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April 22, 2025

OUSA releases policy paper titled “Environmental Sustainability”

TORONTO - The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is proud to release the second policy paper approved by OUSA’s Fall 2024 General Assembly, Environmental Sustainability. The paper was written, approved, and published by students with the purpose of providing recommendations for advancing environmental sustainability at post-secondary institutions. 

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April 4, 2025

OUSA releases policy paper titled “Responding to the Blue Ribbon Panel Report”

TORONTO - The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is proud to release the first policy paper approved by OUSA’s Fall 2024 General Assembly, Responding to the Blue Ribbon Panel Report. The paper was written, approved, and published by students with suggestions to strengthen recommendations by the Blue Ribbon Panel in their initial report. 

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March 13th, 2025

New Research Report: OUSA Publishes Data on Student Affordability

TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is excited to announce the release of the first of two reports sharing the results of its biennial Ontario Undergraduate Student Survey (OUSS). The OUSS received over 3,950 undergraduate and professional student responses across OUSA’s member schools. 

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February 28, 2025

OUSA Congratulates the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario on Re-Election

TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) would like to congratulate both the Progressive Conservative Party on winning yesterday’s election as well as other Members from the Liberal, NDP, and Green Parties who secured a seat in the Legislature. On behalf of students across the province, we look forward to working with all the elected and re-elected Members of Provincial Parliament to address the many challenges currently facing post-secondary students in Ontario.

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January 22, 2025

OUSA Releases 2025 Pre-Budget Submission

TORONTO - Today, OUSA is releasing student-centred recommendations to the provincial government as a part of the 2025 pre-budget consultations. As we enter a fiscal year with competing priorities across all industries and sectors, it is critical that post-secondary education remains top of mind for the government. The academic outputs that come from universities, including skilled graduates, push our communities and local economies forward; however, this cannot be accomplished unless the provincial government takes meaningful financial commitments to comprehensively support students. 

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December 19,2024

OUSA releases “Habitats: Students in their Municipalities 2024”

TORONTO  - Today, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) released its annual publication, Habitats: Students in their Municipalities. Each year, students from OUSA’s member institutions highlight the successes and challenges they face in their municipalities through a series of case studies on issues affecting undergraduate students across the province. This year’s Habitats articles span a wide range of topics, from student advocacy to the permeating effects of inflation. 

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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.