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Canadian Federation of Students in the News
The Canadian Federation of Students is the most frequently cited student organization provincially and nationally. Below is a sampling of recent news articles that feature the Federation.
CanWest News Service-Students encouraged to toss minister puff-ball questions 11 Feb 07
By Sarah Schmidt CanWest News Service OTTAWA--There's nothing like a politician fielding friendly calls parroting government talking points on a call-in show. The office of the Ontario Minister of T... (Read)
 Globe and Mail-Judges give political ads ticket to ride public transit 29 Nov 06
Appeal court says B.C. Transit, TransLink rules violate Charter By Shannon Kari VANCOUVER -- Transit vehicles in British Columbia may soon be adorned with advertisements advocating specific politica... (Read)
 Toronto Sun-Education 'scammers' 27 Nov 06
Fraud no different than 'ripping off little old widows,' critics say By Brodie Fenlon The federal and provincial governments are badly failing international students who fall victim to private caree... (Read)
 Fulcrum-Lightening the load 16 Nov 06
New NDP plan proposes to reduce student debt by 25 per cent By Jessica McDonald, Fulcrum Staff In anticipation of this year’s federal budget, Victoria MP and NDP post-secondary education critic Deni... (Read)
 Globe and Mail-Doer cites prosperity in election Throne Speech 16 Nov 06
By Joe Friesen WINNIPEG -- Manitoba is a long way from California, but echoes of the Golden State drifted through the cool stone halls of the provincial legislature yesterday. Premier Gary Doer open... (Read)
 Varsity-We must meet Muslim students' needs: CFS 13 Nov 06
Lack of adequate food outlets, prayer space highlighted at UTSC taskforce hearing By Karen Ho 6 p.m. start time, last Thursday's hearing on the needs of Muslim students at UTSC was nearly empty. Org... (Read)
 National Post-Millennium scholarship foundation takes public its fight for survival 8 Nov 06
Sarah Schmidt, CanWest News Service The quiet campaign to renew the controversial Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is going public this week with the first major push to save the program. Fo... (Read)
 CTV-Ont. students demand tuition fees be frozen 7 Nov 06
Canadian Press TORONTO — Students from Sudbury's Laurentian University delivered petition signatures from 1,000 voters to the Ontario legislature Tuesday. They were given to Nickel Belt New Democrat... (Read)
 Metro-Students Demand Cuts 3 Nov 06
Students from Ottawa’s universities converged yesterday on Premier Dalton McGuinty’s constituency office to noisily protest provincial plans to thaw a tuition fee freeze. A vociferous group of studen... (Read)
 Johns Hopkins Magazine-Students: Computers tackle plagiarism 3 Nov 06
A student turns in a paper for class. The professor reads it, and some of it seems familiar. Now what happens? Maybe the professor googles the suspicious phrases, or perhaps she checks the work agains... (Read)

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Our Bright Future: Submission on student financial assistance to the PSE Secretariat
As the Post-Secondary Secretariat is continuing its work to recommend a new funding framework for Ontario's post-secondary education sector, students are recommending a wide variety of changes to be made to the student financial assistance system in the province.
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