September 30th is Orange Shirt Day and Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This is a day to honour the survivors and the children who never came home from residential schools. In addition, it is a day to reflect on Canada’s colonial past and...
We at the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario write in a rapidly-changing context as the political situation deteriorates in Afghanistan. We stand in solidarity with affected students, citizens and communities impacted by the devastating fatalities and ongoing...
Post-secondary students and workers in colleges and universities have faced many challenges throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. While the announcement that post-secondary institutions will be opening in the fall is exciting news, safety needs to be the top priority....
Today’s court decision is a historic victory for student democracy, campus life, and the well-being of students. Following the unanimous Divisional Court ruling, this Court of Appeal ruling further reaffirms that the so-called “Student Choice Initiative (SCI)” is not...
TORONTO, ON – Post-secondary students in colleges and universities have faced many challenges throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. While the announcement that post-secondary institutions will be opening in the fall is exciting news, safety needs to be the top priority....
CW: Mentions of violence, death, genocide and colonialism On Thursday, May 27, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found buried in an unmarked mass grave at the Kamloops Residential School. These were acts of cultural violence, genocide and colonialism. For...
The Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario expresses solidarity with the impacted first to third year Nursing Students in the Collaborative BScN program at Canadore College and Nipissing University. On Monday, May 3rd, Nipissing University Student Union Local...
May 15 marks the 73rd Anniversary of the ongoing Nakba – the dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from their lands, the theft of their homes, and the encroachment of their basic rights since 1948. To this day, Israeli colonization remains...
The Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities announced the continuation of the Tuition Fee Framework with no support for students outside of the continuation of a tuition fee freeze. This current one-year tuition freeze for colleges and universities will be...
The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario, representing 350,000 students across the province is in solidarity with the students, faculty, and staff at Laurentian University. We join with Laurentian University Faculty Association in demanding that insolvency...
