UVSS and CFS settle
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) recently reached an amicable, out-of-court resolution regarding the UVSS’ membership in the CFS and outstanding membership fees. The resolution was that as of June 30, the UVSS’s membership in the CFS ended and no outstanding membership fees are owed.
Elimination of interest rates recommended
The BC government’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has released a report featuring recommendations to reinstitute postsecondary student grant programs and eliminate interest rates on student loans. Both of these recommendations were presented earlier this year by the University of Victoria Students’ Society through the Where’s the Funding?! campaign.
Swell guys win big
Victoria-based indie/folk/rock band Current Swell recently beat out Vancouver-based acts Boom Booms and Matinee for the $100,500 top prize at this year’s Peak Performance Project. Other local acts to make the trip to Vancouver from Victoria included Acres of Lions (who placed fifth overall), Ashleigh Eymann, Avairis, Lindsay Bryan, Maurice, and Robocode.
2012 grants available
The Africa Initiative recently announced an opportunity for graduate students from Africa and Canada to apply for $300,000 in funding as part of their 2012 graduate research-funding program. The program will be awarding $10,000 grants to as many as 15 African students applying to study in Canada and to 15 Canadian students to conduct field-based research in Africa. Applications for the Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant can be found online at africaportal.org/exchange, and must be submitted by January 15.
Paddle Out paddles out for public access
Fifty sports enthusiasts braved the cold and the weather to paddle out beyond the waves at Jordan River on Sunday, November 20 as part of the third-annual Paddle Out. Paddle Out is an event organized by the Vancouver Island chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, an international non-profit organization attempting to generate awareness of the importance of public access to the area, and preservation of coastal ecosystems along the Juan de Fuca coast.
Our Place looking for executive director
Our Place Society’s board of directors has begun the search for an interim executive director to replace Sandra Danco, who recently resigned to take an out-of-province position. For more info, call Shannon Renault, Our Place Society chair, at 250-661-5374.
“The BC government’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government “Services has released a report featuring recommendations to reinstitute postsecondary student grant programs and eliminate interest rates on student loans. Both of these recommendations were presented earlier this year by the University of Victoria Students’ Society through the Where’s the Funding?! campaign.”
And both have recommendations have been presented year and year again by the Camosun College Students Society, through the Education shouldn’t be a debt sentence campaign. But you know, that’s just college students, fighting for all students, not the UVSS fighting for another headline… Thanks again Nexus for minimizing the work of student activists at Camosun.