By Mary Chan
Starting in May, the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Association will sing a new key as Mark Kissel takes over as the federal lobby group’s new national director. Kissel, who has a Music Education degree from the University of Western Ontario, begins his term May 1. Kissel was elected by CASA’s member students’ unions, and won… Continue reading CASA elects new director: Mark Kissel
By Mark Kissel
Editors, the Gauntlet, Re: "And funding for some…" March 22, 2001 Unfortunately, the Gauntlet editors entirely "missed the boat" and, in fact, sunk swiftly to the bottom of the lake when writing about the CBC interview between Jeff Collins and myself from Fri., March 16. While I may not have highlighted specific problems that are… Continue reading You suck, continued: CASA responds
By Editorial
On the morning of Fri., March 16, CBC host Jeff Collins interviewed Canadian Alliance of Student Associations President Mark Kissel about the problem of underfunding at Canadian universities with specific reference to infrastructure. Collins told Kissel he was just recently at the University of Calgary and it appeared we were experiencing a "boom-time." Kissel said… Continue reading And funding for some…
By Вen Li
"I’m a National Director, not a Chair," Mark Kissel said to the Students’ Legislative Council on Tuesday. Kissel, National Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, was updating the University of Calgary Students’ Union on CASA’s plans for the upcoming months. Kissel lobbies on behalf of over 300,000 post secondary students in Canada. His… Continue reading Canada’s student leader
By James Keller
After months of waiting, Human Resource Development Canada has finally announced which providers will be administering the Canada Student Loans Program next year–an announcement that brought mixed reactions from the stakeholders involved. Edulinx Canada Corporation will administer public institution loans and BDP Business Data Services Ltd. would be in charge of lending for students at… Continue reading Edulinx, the new student loan provider
By Rob South
Student leaders are quite pleased with the Oct. 18 Economic Statement and Budget Update from federal Finance Minister Paul Martin. Included in the $100 billion in tax cuts over the next five years is a doubling of the education amount which can be claimed on tax returns. The government estimates this initiative will save 1… Continue reading Mini-budget joy from Martin
By Rob South
Canada’s brains are being held hostage, both figuratively and literally, according to the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. Citing high tuition, massive student debt and crumbling infrastructure as the causes of a system that traps the nation’s young minds, CASA is touring a "hostage brain" across Canada to illustrate their point. On Wednesday, the brain… Continue reading Careful or the brain gets it
CASA: is it just another acronym to you? Why should you even care what they do or have done for you? I mean, after all, as an undergraduate at this university, you are part of CASA.Well, for all of you cynics out there who think your Students’ Union does crap for you, here is something… Continue reading Hostage brain comes to the University of Calgary
Last Thursday, the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation celebrated its first anniversary with much fanfare by giving themselves a collective pat on the back. Students from across the country were present for the event but were divided in their opinions on the effectiveness of the program. The CMSF held its first Annual Public Meeting and luncheon… Continue reading Award recipients cheated, say students
By Rob South
Students are upset by the exclusive focus on health issues after an announcement Mon., Sept. 11 by the Prime Minister and the 10 premiers that declared transfer payments to the provinces will increase from $15.5 billion this year to $18.3 billion next year and $21 billion by 2005/06. Specifically, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations… Continue reading Hey Jean, don’t forget about students