Canada

February 3, 2012 10:23 am

NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash joins in on Feb. 1 protests

Nash releases post-secondary platform that emphasizes dedicated federal transfers

At an event at Vancouver Community College's (VCC) downtown campus on Feb. 1, NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash released a post-secondary plan that she argued would make higher education more accessible and combat student debt.

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  • February 2, 2012 3:55 pm

    University of Saskatchewan students sit out national tuition fees campaign

    On Feb. 1, dozens of rallies took place at Canadian universities as part of a National Day of Action to reduce the costs of post-secondary education. The University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union (USSU), however, did not take part.

  • February 2, 2012 2:22 pm

    Toronto students participate in National Day of Action

    More than a thousand students from across Toronto showed up at Queen's Park on Feb. 1 to protest the high cost of tuition in Ontario.

  • February 2, 2012 10:51 am

    Halifax students join National Day of Action

    A crowd of more than a thousand students from University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, Mount Saint Vincent University, Saint Mary’s University and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design marched in Halifax as part of a National Day of Action for lower tuition fees.

  • January 27, 2012 4:29 pm

    Rights, campus, action

    University students across the country are mobilizing in opposition to the underfunding of post-secondary education as part of a National Day of Action on Feb. 1.