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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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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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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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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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, 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
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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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