Education for BC's most vulnerable threatened
VANCOUVER, 10 May 2012 - Students and teachers are worried that cuts to adult basic education (ABE), recently announced by the Ministry of Education will threaten the ability of many people to get high school equivalency.

Students dismayed at government’s deepening disregard for accurate data
OTTAWA, 09 May 2012 - Students are condemning the recent announcement that Statistics Canada will no longer undertake two important education-related research projects. The publication Education Matters and the University and College Academic Staff Survey (UCASS) are another part of the 2012 federal budget cuts which aim to reduce Statistics Canada's budget by nearly $34 million by 2014.

Education tax credits should apply to all, be transformed into up-front grants
OTTAWA, 08 May 2012 - All students should be treated equally and receive the resources they are entitled to, according to a report released today by the government of Canada's Taxpayer's Ombudsman office. The report recommends that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) take measures to ensure that all students eligible for the education tax credits, including those studying abroad, do indeed receive them. This has not been the case according to the Ombudsman office.

Students welcome new up-front grant funding: Students say savings from graduate tax credit cut should be reinvested too
HALIFAX, 01 May 2012 - Students are satisfied that the majority of the $5.5 million in additional funding recently announced for student financial assistance will go towards increasing up-front needs-based grants. The government could have, however, invested an additional $8 million dollars into grants for students if they had also moved the money cut from the graduate tax credit program into student financial assistance.

Defend public, accessible post-secondary education now
OTTAWA, 30 Apr 2012 - On behalf of workers, academic staff and students across Canada, we jointly call on Québec Premier Jean Charest and Minister of Education Line Beauchamp to promptly resolve the student strike by reversing the decision to increase tuition fees in Québec.

Students pledge to fight new copyright agreement
OTTAWA, 24 Apr 2012 - Students will fight to reject the new agreement recently signed between Access Copyright and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). The agreement will impose new fees on students, restrict the accessibility of educational material and raise concern for the respect of privacy of students and faculty.

Students call on Québec government to cease use of violence and listen to students
OTTAWA, 20 Apr 2012 - After a week of mounting violence from police forces in Québec, the Canadian Federation of Students is in full support of Québec students in their call for Premier Charest to put an end to confrontations and to reverse the tuition fee hike.

Students denounce breach of freedom of assembly at UQO
OTTAWA, 19 Apr 2012 - The right to assemble and peacefully protest came under attack yesterday at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) campus. Riot police kettled and arrested more than 100 student strikers and their supporters protesting government imposed tuition fee hikes. Reports indicate that anyone wearing a red square, the symbol of support for the student strike, were being prevented from accessing their campus.

Budget offers no relief for students and their families
WINNIPEG, 17 Apr 2012 - News Release

Students condemn announcement of income contingent loans in Quebec
OTTAWA, 05 Apr 2012 - Students condemn the announcement made by the Quebec government this morning, which expands loans available to middle class families but fails to improve access to education. Income-contingent loan repayment (ICLR) schemes have been tried in other contexts in Canada and have failed as a model to increase access to education. In the end, ICLR schemes simply mean students pay more for their education.