The CSA runs multiple campaigns on campus and digitially to push for the improvement of student life.
Want to run a campaign about an issue you care about? Reach out to our CSA VP External at [email protected] for resources and more info!
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Education for All
About Campaign The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated students’ financial hardships caused by high tuition fees and mounting student debt. The Education For All campaign seeks to build a better understanding of how post-secondary education is funded and highlight the ways in which chronic government under-funding has harmed the quality, accessibility and affordability of education through…
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Fairness for International Students
About Campaign International students participate in post-secondary education in the same ways as domestic students, but face more precarious learning conditions. Institutions routinely set international student tuition fees at levels three to five times higher than domestic students. On April 22nd 2020, the Board of Governors at the University of Guelph increased international undergraduate tuition…
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Fight The Fees
About the Campaign Costs are increasing for students. In 2022 it was reported that the Canadian Student Loans Services was owed $23.8 billion dollars in student loan debt. The ability to get an education has become increasingly difficult, indigenous students, students of color, trans students, students with disabilities and students raised in single-parent homes have…
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No Means No
About Campaign The No Means No campaign was created to raise awareness and to reduce the occurrence of rape and sexual assault on and off campuses. The No Means No campaign offers various resources, including but not limited to research on the incidences of sexual violence in Canada, buttons, stickers, posters and postcards. Through the No Means…
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Student Space
The CSA believes in campaigning and advocating around student space issues. We do so through our involvement on the University Centre Board and other avenues. We also recognize that space is something that should be covered by the tuition fees students pay, and as such, is first and foremost the responsibility of the University. We are…
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Tap In!
About Campaign Over the past two decades, major bottled water companies have promoted their product in our schools. Meanwhile, public water supply infrastructure has been neglected and drinking water fountains continue to disappear. In Canada, with over 100 Indigenous communities who do not have access to clean drinking water, the privatization of water is a…
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United for Equity
About Campaign The United for Equity campaign aims at challenging and educating students on barrier-free access to post-secondary education regardless of race, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age and socio-economic background. The campaign addresses different forms of discrimination and oppression on campus and in our communities. This campaign also serves to address cultural appropriation, which…