The Alliance of BC Students calls on the Province of British Columbia to commit to fairness on our campuses and extend the application of BC’s Tuition Limit Policy to include international students.
The Alliance of BC Students further recommends that the Province of British
Columbia create a pathway for recognizing foreign academic credentials and foreign work experience in BC through equivalency exams for non-professionals.
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- Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
- Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
- Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education
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The Alliance of BC Students calls on the Province of British Columbia to make graduate students eligible to receive the BC
Access Grant issue guidelines to post-secondary institutions regarding the disbursement of grants/scholarships/funding.
The Alliance of BC Students further recommends that the Province of British Columbia make the BC Graduate Student Scholarship permanent and expand it to non-STEM graduate students.
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- Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
- Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
- Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Advanced Education
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The Alliance of BC Students encourages the Province to establish minimum standards for post-secondary sexualized violence policies and provide annual funding for the running of sexualized violence prevention offices, programs, and other initiatives at post-secondary spaces.
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- Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities, Health
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The Alliance of BC Students recommends that the Province of British Columbia build accessible student housing that is affordable and create accessibility standards for all new student housing being built so all students, including students with disabilities, can safely and comfortably access student housing.
The Alliance of BC Students further recommends that the Province of British Columbia introduce protections for student tenants by amending the Residential Tenancy Act to include student housing and implement vacancy control on all new and existing rental housing units across the province to limit real estate profiteering and speculation on housing.
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- Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
- Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
- Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Advanced Education, Housing
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The Alliance of BC Students recommends that the Province of British Columbia increase the Operating Grant to
post-secondary institutions and invest in on-campus food security resources.
The Alliance of BC Students further recommends that the Province of British Columbia increase the BC Access Grant amount students are eligible to receive.
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- Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
- Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
- Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education
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