GSA Members Attend Concordia Labour Union Barbecue to show support!
(April 25) Concordia Executives and members enjoyed the spring sun today as they showed their support for Concordia Labour unions!
End of Year Party – April 30th 7pm on the 11th floor of the EV Building
(April 22) You have analyzed the results, submitted the papers, and applied for the grants all year long and the GSA thinks we should celebrate in style. Bond-style! Click here to find out more about this year’s end of the year party. Brought to you by the Student Life Committee (and The British Secret Service). Only 150 tickets available for this great event. Get yours today by dropping by the GSA House at 2030 Mackay Street.
Concordia Graduate Students’ Association Condemns Recent SPVM Actions and Asks for Repeal of Bill 78’s sibling Municipal Bylaw P-6.
(April 2) – The Concordia Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) elected Council of Representatives voted unanimously last week to condemn the recent actions of the City of Montreal Police force (SPVM) during peaceful protests on March 19th and 22nd, and to call upon the City of Montreal to immediately repeal the unconstitutional Municipal Bylaw P-6. With this by-law at their disposal, police have blocked, kettled, arrested and fined hundreds of peaceful protesters at recent protests, in some instances before their departure.
The Results are in! The GSA Elections have drawn to a close for this year and after an energetic campaign by all candidates the Unite Team has come out victorious!
(April 11) For a complete list of the results, including fee levies, please see here.
Concordia University Faculty Association (CUFA) Statement to Students About Strike Mandate
The Concordia University Faculty Association recently voted to give their Executive a strike mandate. You can read more in their open letter to students.
We hear a lot about how tuition hikes are the only way to finance the Quebec University system, but they never seem to present any actual facts. Why? Because, as you can see below, the facts speak for themselves! Need citations? We got em.
The $1,625 tuition fee increase has nothing to do with the quality of education or the value of a degree. In fact, the increase of tuition fees (the largest in the history of Quebec) will force thousands more students into debt, to work harder or even drop out.
This website was created in response to the Quebec Ministry of Education’s misinformation campaign—a campaign that cost taxpayers $ 50,000.
The online epicenter for campaign against tuition fee hikes at Concordia
The MobSquad is a space where anyone can come to share ideas and help mobilize on campaigns important to Concordia student rights. We help facilitate the use of various resources to streamline our mobilization efforts. While the Squad is independent of the Concordia Student Union, the union and a number of student groups and individuals are actively involved. Decisions are made through direct democracy. The MobSquad has no public spokesperson and all public communications will refrain from denouncing groups working towards common goals.
After debates and questions from students from different departments at the GSA General Assembly yesterday, two new VP positions were created: VP-Mobilization and VP-Advocacy. By-elections will take place at the next General Assembly!
Other interesting outcomes of the meeting:
There are now stricter spending restrictions for executives.
By-Laws no longer have to be approved through Council to go to the General Assembly (this change will only come into effect with approval of a lawyer).
GSA is now a member of the Concordia food coalition…
Does your lab partner always go the extra step? Is there somebody who holds your department together? Who has the eye of the tiger when there are things that just need to be done?
You should nominate them for one of the Inaugural GSA Awards. If you don’t nominate them how will the Student Life Committee ever know they “Deserve Victory” Read more about these sure-to-be highly sought after and prestigious awards here.
