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ABCS
ABCS SUPPORTS INVESTIGATION INTO KWANTLEN ...
ABCS
JOINT STATEMENT: BC Students Denounce Review ...
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ABCS
ABCS CONDEMNS ALLEGED MISCONDUCT BY KSA ...

The Alliance of BC Students (ABCS) is extremely concerned about the allegations of misconduct by the Kwantlen Student Association (KSA) Council and strongly condemns the alleged behaviour. Accordingly, the other member associations that make up the Board of Directors of the ABCS have initiated the process of placing the KSA in bad standing. 

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ABCS
BC STUDENTS SUPPORT MOST NEW MEASURES DESIGNED ...

The Alliance of BC Students supports most of the new measures announced July 15th to protect international students from exploitation and uphold the quality and integrity of international post-secondary education in BC, but pointed out that some of the measures miss the point, and calls on the provincial government to address the core problems of government underfunding and unregulated international student tuition increases.

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VACANT
ALLIANCE OF BC STUDENTS SUPPORTS STUDENTS’ ...

Unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Territories/Vancouver, BC - The Alliance of BC Students released a statement today supporting post-secondary students’ right to engage in political expression on post-secondary campuses.


“The Alliance of BC Students supports BC post-secondary students’ freedom of expression and the right to engage in peaceful political expression on campus,” said Emily Tang, Vice-President External of the UBC Graduate Student Society. “Students should be free to express themselves in a non-violent, non-hateful manner without fear of reprisal or retaliation by administrators or police.”

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ABCS SUPPORTS INVESTIGATION INTO KWANTLEN STUDENT ASSOCIATION

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Vancouver, BC/Unceded Territories of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), Tsleil-Waututh (səlilwətaɬ), and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) First Nations - Today, the Alliance of BC Students welcomed the announcement that the Ministry of Finance has initiated an investigation into the Kwantlen Student Association (KSA) under the a special provision of the Societies Act.


”All BC students deserve transparency and accountability from their student unions,” said Kevin Root, Chairperson of the ABCS. “Any serious allegations of misconduct or misuse of student funds raise significant questions, and students deserve answers.”


BC student societies are regulated by the Societies Act and are accountable to their members and the public through the Act. 


BC students expect their student societies to demonstrate high standards of ethical conduct, fiscal responsibility, good governance, transparency, and accountability. Upholding these high standards is the norm, and is essential to maintaining the trust that students place in their elected representatives. 


For more information please contact:


Kevin Root

Chairperson

Pronouns: he/him/his

Alliance of British Columbia Students

c: (250) 709-8991

e: chairperson@bcstudents.ca

www.bcstudents.ca


       Hassan Merali

     Acting Executive Director

     Pronouns: he/him/his

     Alliance of British Columbia Students

     c: (778) 580-7967

     e: hmerali@bcstudents.ca

     www.bcstudents.ca

The Alliance of British Columbia Students is a non-partisan society of student associations representing tens of thousands of undergraduate and graduate students from across the province that exists to advocate on issues that affect post-secondary students in British Columbia.