Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver
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Lobbied on issues of operational funding to post-secondary institutions. Provided the provincial government with the following recommendations:
- Increase post-secondary institution provincial operating grants to a proportional baseline of 50% of each institution's budget.
- Implement predictability measures for international students in terms of tuition fees and ancillary costs through the Tuition Limit Policy.
- Conduct a funding review of post-secondary operating grants that is inclusive of the perspectives of students, faculty, and staff associations.
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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, Colleges & Universities, Finances and Budgets
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Lobbied on issues pertaining to graduate student financial aid. Provided the provincial government with the following recommendations:
- Expand the eligibility criteria of the BC Graduate Scholarship to include non-STEM disciplines and make the program a permanent fixture in the post-secondary funding ecosystem at an annual cost of $8 million.
- Include graduate students as an eligible group in the newly established BC Access Grant.
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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, Colleges & Universities, Finances and Budgets
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Lobbied on issues pertaining to housing affordability for students and student housing. Provided the provincial government with the following recommendation:
- Follow through with the commitment towards establishing a $400 income-tested renter's rebate while alos ensuring that students are included in the program.
- Fulfill the provincial government's commitment to addressing the nine recommendations of the Rent-With-Rights campaign through the Student Housing Working group which is mandated to complete a leading practices manual to be distributed to student housing providers.
- Develop an enforceability measure within the Student Housing Working Group to make certain that student housing providers are abiding by its Leading Practices manual.
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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, COVID-19, Housing
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Lobbied on issues pertaining to Indigenous Student Support. Provided the provincial government with the following recommendations:
- Expand the tuition waiver program to all former Youth-in-Care to remove barriers to post-secondary education for Indigenous students.
- Increase funding of $150 million towards affordable housing specific to Indigenous students and at-risk Indigenous people along with ensuring that the provincial government is putting pressure on the federal government to do its part in delivering affordable housing to reserve lands.
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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, 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, Housing, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
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Lobbied on issues pertaining to transportation infrastructure in BC. Provided the provincial government with the following recommendations:
- Provide the project [the Skytrain-to-UBC] with full funding for the development of a business case in understanding the economic, environmental, and affordability benefits that a SkyTrain-to-UBC brings to British Columbia.
- Work with the project's stakeholders to ensure and to make certain that the federal government recognizes the important benefits that this project brings to British Columbians and by extension, Canadians.
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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, Economic Development and Trade, Employment and Training, Environment, Finances and Budgets, Housing, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Infrastructure, Municipal Affairs, Regional Development, Transportation
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