Fostering good mental health across Ontario’s campuses is vital to college students success
Toronto/ May 17, 2012/ CNW – The frequency and intensity of mental health issues is increasing on campuses across Ontario. Depression, anxiety, and substance abuse are amongst a variety of mental health illnesses that are becoming more visible on post-secondary campuses. The College Student Alliance (CSA) policy paper, Mental Health In Ontario’s Post-secondary Education System, make recommendations to improve the awareness of mental health, build additional support mechanisms and create a better understanding of what it means to be mentally healthy. It is imperative to students, institutions, and communities to fully understand the significance of mental health and the socioeconomic impact it has on individuals at large.
College students feel the impact of the provincial deficit in the 2012 Ontario budget
Toronto, ON/ March 27/ CNW – Given the economic state of Ontario, college students recognize the need to implement austerity measures to balance the budget and strengthen the economy. While this budget spared the post-secondary education sector from serious decreases, it falls short of the funding needed to address many issues facing college and college-university students. In order to further build Ontario’s college sector, innovative ideas to improve access, quality, affordability, and transferability are of the utmost importance.
College Students Are Pleased with the New Tuition Grant Program
January 5, 2012- Toronto, ON – The College Student Alliance (CSA) is pleased with the government of Ontario’s announcement of the new tuition grant program that was promised during the 2011 provincial election. The tuition grants are targeted to assist students who are attending an Ontario public post-secondary institution for the first time, having been out of high school for less than four years, and whose parents make less than $160,000 per year.
College Students Will Experience Improved Student Assistance
March 29, 2010 – Toronto, ON—This morning the McGuinty government announced plans to modernize student assistance. Providing an additional $81 million for assistance this government has maintained its commitment to the success of college and college/university students, says the College Student Alliance (CSA). Also the current tuition framework will remain in effect for the ext two years.
College Students Pleased with Progress yet Anxious Over Costs
March 25, 2010 – Toronto, ON— Finance Minister Dwight Duncan’s 2010 Ontario Budget maintains post-secondary education as a cornerstone of prosperity. In it the McGuinty government makes some significant commitments to education. Most importantly the government has pledged to provide resources for a credit transfer system, which has been a main component of the College Student Alliance (CSA) agenda for years.
Students Applaud Government Moving to an Open Ontario
March 9, 2010 — This afternoon the Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable David Onley, delivered the Throne Speech signaling the beginning of the second session of the 39th Ontario Parliament as well as the opening of Ontario to the world, says the College Student Alliance (CSA).
Students Relieved: Can Finally Focus on Academics
February 24, 2010 – This afternoon, Ontario’s college students finally received some positive news as the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) revealed the official count on the colleges’ final offer, says the College Student Alliance (CSA). It is now official that Ontario’s college faculty have voted to accept the colleges’ final offer by a majority of 51.45% and avert a province-wide work stoppage.
Students Unite to End Current Academic Labour Unrest
February 9, 2010 – College students from across the province are uniting to deliver a simple equation to both the colleges and the over 10,000 full-time academic staff, “Strong Academics + Strong Colleges = Strong(er) Students”. The College Student Alliance (CSA) and its members are launching the Strong(er) Campaign today to remind the colleges and the faculty of their shared role in creating strong students and graduates.
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Students Still Fear a Province-wide Academic Strike
January 14, 2010-Ontario’s college and college-university students are demanding that both bargaining teams of the college’s academic staff and management go back to the bargaining table following yesterday’s province-wide strike vote, says the College Student Alliance (CSA).
Students Serving Students for Strong Colleges
January 8, 2010-Are you ready and willing? Starting Monday, January 11thmember campuses of the College Student Alliance (CSA) will be reaching out to their students in an effort to increase the awareness amongst students of the work being done on their behalf by their Student Association. “CSA touched me…(and I liked it)” is the 2nd Annual Student Association (SA) Awareness Week.
Students say NO to a strike
January 8, 2010-With the threat of yet another province-wide academic strike looming over Ontario’s college and college-university students, students are asking college presidents, full-time faculty, counselors, librarians and partial load teachers to take a step back and reflect on what another strike would mean for students, our colleges and the economy, says the College Student Alliance (CSA).
