The Alliance of BC Students and our fellow signatories, collectively representing 25 organizations and over 375,000 post-secondary students across British Columbia, have written an open letter to the provincial government urging them to take urgent action to address the crisis of sexualized and gender-based violence at post-secondary institutions.
statement
ABCS
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.
press release
ABCS
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.
statement
VACANT
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.”
VACANT
BC students are very concerned by the hurtful comments made by the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills regarding pre-1948 Palestine, and alleged interference by the Minister into the employment relationship of an individual faculty member at Langara College. The Alliance of BC Students is calling for an investigation into the matter to preserve the integrity of the post-secondary education system