All Posts Tagged With: "CUSA"

In rare unanimous decision, Ottawa city council votes to remove 28+ age limit on student passes

Bad decision is a small part of the bigger picture, as democratic deficit on Carleton’s campus grows

Are students getting their money’s worth from student leaders?

Ian Boyko, in his role as chair of the Carleton University Students Association, will be deciding if the signatures on a petition to impeach Carleton University Students Association (CFS Local 1) president Brittany Smyth are valid.
Boyko is employed by the Canadian Federation of Students as Government Relations Coordinator.

Petition calling for president’s impeachment tabled at council meeting

Smyth set to propose Shinerama be reinstated as part of Carleton orientation week

From the blog of the DSU president on the Carleton University Student Association motion:
Myself, other executives, councilors, and students all wanted to make it very clear to the CUSA’s student council that we did not support their decision and to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation that the DSU will continue to support Cystic Fibrosis research [...]

What we can learn from the Carleton/Shinerama debacle

The following was posted on the official blog of the Bishop’s University student government:
Rest assured that here at Bishop’s, we’ll continue supporting Shinerama during Frosh Week. The fight against cystic fibrosis is an important one, and we’ve been involved for years. While we may not have raised the millions Carleton has, we’ve been consistent contributors, [...]

Smyth doesn’t recant language used in motion, says student outrage has been heard