The USC recently attended OUSA’s first in-person General Assembly in two years – and it was a smashing success! The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is an organization representing the interests of approximately 150,000 professional and undergraduate university students in eight students’ unions across Ontario, and the USC is one of them. Through substantive, student-driven, […]
In partnership with the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) and the Undergraduates of Canadian Research-Intensive Universities (UCRU), the USC called on the provincial and federal governments to freeze student loan repayments due to COVID-19 in two open letters released earlier today. “We’re in the midst of a global health crisis and asking everyone in society […]
This Wednesday, USC Councillors gathered for the sixth regular meeting of council for the 2019-2020 academic year. The meeting began with presentations from twelve students seeking to represent Western’s delegation at the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance’s (OUSA) Spring General Assembly. Iman Berry, Kierstin Williams, Mark Garabedian, Matthew Chasmar, Nikol Kamenetsky, and Teo Marginean were selected […]
Three years ago, USC Vice President Cat Dunne would never have pictured herself leading a week-long advocacy conference at Queen’s Park as the President of an alliance of university student associations across Ontario. “It’s honestly surreal being able to lead OUSA and lobby elected representatives and stakeholders from across Ontario with the goal of influencing […]