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Students and teachers object to Access Copyright cash grab
Gen Charest
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August 12, 2010
Media Release

Students and teachers object to Access Copyright cash grab

OTTAWA--Students and teachers say that a tariff being proposed by Access Copyright – an organisation that licenses literary works to businesses and public institutions – would infringe privacy rights and burden students with …

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Students Marching in Halifax Pride Parade Call on Canadian Blood Services to End the Ban on Blood Donation from Queer Men
Gen Charest
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July 26, 2010
Media Release

Students Marching in Halifax Pride Parade Call on Canadian Blood Services to End the Ban on Blood Donation from Queer Men

HALIFAX--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…

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Cancellation of Youth In Transition Survey Shortsighted
Gen Charest
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July 22, 2010
Media Release

Cancellation of Youth In Transition Survey Shortsighted

OTTAWA--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. "The government's misguided assault on student…

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Correction: Cuts to Student-Focused Surveys Do Not Include the Program for International Student Assessment
Gen Charest
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July 22, 2010
Media Release

Correction: Cuts to Student-Focused Surveys Do Not Include the Program for International Student Assessment

OTTAWA--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 statemen…

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