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	Campaigns Change for Ontario: Proposal for a Post-Secondary Education Stimulus Package Educating the Economy: Pathways to Prosperity Grants Not Loans Our Bright Future: Submission on Tuition Fees to the PSE Secretariat Task Force on Campus Racism Access for Part-Time Students First Nations Technical Institute Ontario's Education Vision for a New Decade Our Bright Future: Submission on Student Financial Assistance to the PSE Secretariat Public Opinion: Reduce Tuition Fees Quality Students' Right to Organise Government Relations Lobbying Tools Federation in the Legislative Assembly Awareness Campaigns • Anti-Date Rape: No Means No • No Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, Racism • Task Force on the Needs of Muslim Students   Change for Ontario: Proposal for a Post-Secondary Education Stimulus Package Access, quality and infrastructure: the three pillars of a post-secondary education sector stimulus package Toronto–A post-secondary education stimulus package was released today by the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario and endorsed by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). The stimulus package recommends that the provincial government target funding toward post-secondary education’s “Big Three:” access, quality and infrastructure. “As the majority stakeholders within the post-secondary education sector, we have come together to present Dalton McGuinty with recommendations that will help to foster economic recovery,” said Shelley Melanson, Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario. “Students, staff and faculty are calling on the government to implement our stimulus package which would invest in the economy through expanding innovation, creativity and knowledge.” Launched one week prior to the Ontario 2009 budget, the package includes a number of recommendations that centre on access to and quality of post-secondary education, and infrastructure improvements. “An investment in post-secondary education is desperately needed by Ontario’s colleges, and is the best way to address the current economic downturn,” said Paddy Musson, Chair of OPSEU’s Academic Division and Professor of Sociology at Fanshawe College. “The colleges have always responded to inadequate funding by reducing the teaching staff with the result being a decline in quality. Adequately funded, quality education is a powerful tool to help climb us out of this economic downturn. It is a sound and necessary investment in our future” “Quality is critical to student success,” said Mark Rosenfeld, OCUFA Associate Executive Director. “Investments in faculty positions and in deferred maintenance will both stimulate the economy and help ensure that the post-secondary education sector is well-funded and sustainable.” The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario represents over 300,000 students across the province. OPSEU represents more than 12,000 professors, counsellors and librarians at Ontario’s 24 colleges. OCUFA represents over 15,000 professors and academic librarians at Ontario’s universities. To download a copy of the report, please visit www.cfsontario.ca or contact communications@cfsontario.ca click here to access the "Change" document click here to access the "Hope" document
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