Alliance of British Columbia Students
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The Alliance of BC Students encourages legislation regulating on-campus housing similar to the Residential Tenancy Act; and the setting of a reasonable cap on increases to rent in student residences. We want to encourage programs which increase access to high quality, affordable student housing for all students who require it, which includes encouraging government support for public and not-for-profit affordable housing
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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, 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
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Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities, Housing
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The Alliance of BC Students is in favour of supports being provided to students during the COVID-19 crisis. We are in favour of eligibility for the BC Emergency Benefit for Workers being opened up to those who are eligible for the Canada Emergency Student Benefit, more funding for Open Educational Reseources, dedicated funding for students who require additional technology to access classes while in a remote learning situation, increased funding for institutional counselling services, supports for students whose classwork is being affected by their parent status, the BC Rental Subsidy being opened up to students living in on-campus housing, emergency funding for PSIs or allowing PSIs to budget a deficit to avoid layoffs and service cuts, and continued funding for transit to ensure service continuity to PSI campuses for students who still need access to their campuses physically.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of 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, Colleges & Universities, Finances and Budgets, Health, Housing, Mental Health and Addictions, Transportation
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The Alliance of BC Students is supportive of a needs-based grants program for students which is accessible to part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate students, is not contingent on program completion, and which includes provisions for students with accessibility needs and/or dependents. We support widening the eligibility of the BC Access Grants program.
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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, Finances and Budgets
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The Alliance of BC Students seeks to obtain further government funding for counselling services on post-secondary campuses.
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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, Mental Health and Addictions
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The Alliance of BC Students supports a change to Medical Services Plan regulations which would see MSP contributions by international students be reduced by 50%, or eliminated entirely.
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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, Finances and Budgets, Health
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The Alliance of BC Students supports advancing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls as they relate to the post-secondary experiences of Indigenous learners.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, 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, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
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The Alliance of BC Students supports a multi-year extension of the BC Graduate Student Scholarship, and expanding its eligibility to graduate students in non-STEM disciplines
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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
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The Alliance of BC Students supports creating a provincial international student education strategy, in consultation with students, post-secondary institutions and other key stakeholders, which examines the business model, the cultural, academic and economic integration of international students, and intended goals and outcomes of post-secondary education.
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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, International Relations
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The Alliance of BC Students supports exploring mechanisms, such as allowing the use of accumulated surpluses, to provide post-secondary institutions with short-term flexibility to navigate the financial impacts of the pandemic.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, 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, COVID-19, Colleges & Universities, Finances and Budgets
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The Alliance of BC Students supports facilitating access to education by addressing financial barriers related to the direct and indirect costs of education, including child care and transportation.
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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, Children and Families, Colleges & Universities, Transportation
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The Alliance of BC Students supports increasing funding for open education options through BCCampus.
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, 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
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The Alliance of BC Students supports increasing overall public investment into public post-secondary institutions, with the specific goal of making post-secondary education more accessible and affordable by increasing supports for students, and potentially mitigating the costs passed on to students via tuition and associated fees.
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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, Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to have the private sector instead of the Crown provide goods or services to the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities, Mental Health and Addictions
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The Alliance of BC Students supports limiting international student tuition increases to the same percentage basis as domestic tuition increases. (To have the Tuition Limit Policy apply to international student tuition, in addition to domestic student tuition)
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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
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The Alliance of BC Students supports the government of British Columbia increasing investment in open educational resources (OERs) for the purpose of decreasing cost barriers to post-secondary education. The Alliance of BC Students further supports funding being provided to BC Campus for the purpose of creating and distributing OERs, and the development of OERs that are rooted in a decolonization, and justice, equity and inclusion frameworks. The Alliance of BC Students also supports the collection of data by the province of British Columbia on textbook and required learning material costs, and to monitor the financial and academic impacts of the implementation and utilization of OERs.
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf 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 supports the introduction of minimum standards into the Sexualized Violence and Misconduct Policy Act, and the requirement that these minimum standards be included in the development of all Sexualized Violence and Misconduct Policies for every post-secondary institution currently bound by the Act. We support the creation of an independent, external monitoring agency to act as an oversight mechanism with regard to the handling of complaints, reports, or recorded disclosures of sexualized violence and misconduct on post-secondary campuses. We support a requirement in the Sexualized Violence and Misconduct Policy Act that mandates that institutions must publicly report data regarding how their Sexualized Violence and Misconduct Policies are being interacted with, in order to achieve increased institutional accountability. We support the provincial government creating a taskforce or committee to evaluate the Provincial Information and Privacy Act’s survivor-centrism, and clarify the ways in which the Provincial Information and Privacy Act interacts with the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act.
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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, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of 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, Privacy
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