Students Marching in Halifax Pride Parade Call on Canadian Blood Services to End the Ban on Blood Donation from Queer Men
HALIFAX, 26 Jul 2010 - Halifax area students marched in today's Pride Parade and passed out "End the Ban" post-cards and buttons to draw attention to the current Canadian Blood Services (CBS) ban on blood donation from men who have had sex with men, even once since 1977.

Correction: Cuts to Student-Focused Surveys Do Not Include the Program for International Student Assessment
OTTAWA, 22 Jul 2010 - This morning the Federation issued a statement, raising concern over the government's decision to cut a number of critical student-focused surveys, including Statistics Canada's Youth in Transition study. The statement erroneously reported that the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) would be wound down. In fact, PISA is one of the few student-focused surveys that has secured multi-year funding, and will continue to be funded until at least 2012.

Cancellation of Youth In Transition Survey Shortsighted
OTTAWA, 22 Jul 2010 - The federal government's plan to cut the Youth in Transition Survey, and several other student surveys, will make it all but impossible to make informed education policy.

Harper and McGuinty must call public inquiry into police actions during G20 Summit, says wide range of civil society, and students, faculty and labour unions
OTTAWA, 02 Jul 2010 - A wide range of civil society, students', faculty and labour unions have signed an open letter condemning the curtailment of civil liberties and excessive use of force leading up to and during the Toronto G20 Summit, and calling for a public inquiry into police actions.

Global Summits draw to an end, leave legacy of inaction and waste
TORONTO, 28 Jun 2010 - As the G8 and G20 Summit weekend draws to a close, students are left questioning the value of the meetings given the incredible cost and the failure to achieve any substantial progress on numerous issues.

On eve of G8 and G20 Summits, representatives of more than 150 million students release public statement on the global summits
OTTAWA, 24 Jun 2010 - On the eve of meetings of the G8 and G20, students' organisations from across the world, collectively representing more than 150 million secondary and post-secondary students, have released a public statement calling for a commitment to education and public services.

Increasing Numbers of Graduates Taking on Massive Debt Loads
HALIFAX, 23 Jun 2010 - A report released today by the Maritimes Provinces Higher Education Commission (MPHEC) shows that the amount owed by graduates five years after they complete a degree continues to increase.

Nova Scotia Students Call on Federal Government to Fund First Nations University
HALIFAX, 21 Jun 2010 - On National Aboriginal Day students in Nova Scotia presented a letter to Halifax MP Megan Leslie's community office for delivery to the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, Chuck Strahl, calling on the federal government to extend stable and long-term funding to First Nations University of Canada (FNUC). The Halifax Dartmouth District Labour Council, which represents 24,000 unionized workers in the Halifax Regional Municipality, has also endorsed the letter.

Halifax Students Chalk to Draw Attention to Discriminatory Blood Ban
HALIFAX, 14 Jun 2010 - On National Blood Donor Day, Halifax area students used side-walk chalk to draw attention to a discriminatory life-time ban placed on blood donation from men who have had sex with another man by Canadian Blood Services (CBS).

Groundbreaking U-Pass announcement celebrated by students
VANCOUVER, 09 Jun 2010 - Students are ecstatic that BC will be the first province in Canada to implement a U-Pass Program for its post-secondary students. The new program will give Metro Vancouver students access to a $30 U-Pass, saving them over $50 per month and thousands of dollars over the course of their studies.