The university discussed potential challenges posed by incoming changes to provincial funding. Under the new system, coming into effect next year, about $165 million in funding could be at risk in the 2024-25 academic year.
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“The Senate, one of the most powerful governing bodies in our institution, should have cancelled classes this Friday. They should be tasking themselves with assembling a campaign aimed at promoting further education, organization, and collaboration to address this problem,” writes U of O student Lorin Clive D’Arcy Van Dusen.
A group of U of O students gathered in the Senate meeting on Monday to push the university administration to cancel classes on Friday to allow students to attend a global climate crisis strike. The administration wouldn’t cancel classes but said it has directed staff to accommodate students who attend.
Two new programs are on the horizon, while the senate will discuss a student satisfaction survey
The SFUO is like a boyfriend who asks for grocery money, only to turn around and buy $10,000 worth of fireworks.
The letter highlights a series of recommendations for a new student union: a constitution that can only be amended at an annual General Assembly with a majority vote, elections managed by an independent third party, a model of governance which includes mechanisms for punitive action should trust be breached, and accountability to its membership.
The Senate sets educational policies and manages academic issues on campus such as the creation or the discontinuance of a department, faculty, or institute.
It’s not every student that will embark on a 10-year journey to see their idea passed by Parliament, but every student can effect political change right now. Hopefully, some of the lessons Grosman learned on her journey to passing a bill will inform and inspire you to be a driver of real political change—no matter how heavy your class schedule is.
According to Jean-Philippe Dubé, a fourth-year computer science student at the U of O, the shift to the new D2L platform was a collective decision made by the administration and members of the university Senate.
Paying attention to political scandals in Canada will play a central role in keeping our democracy strong.