By Fabian Mayer, May 14 2015
Taxation, healthcare and K-to-12 education were all hotly debated during Alberta’s election. Student issues, on the other hand, were all but ignored.
Both post-secondary funding and the tuition cap were left out of the … Read the rest
By Hayden McBennett, May 14 2015 —
The Students’ Union’s Get Out The Vote campaign contacted roughly 3,000 students before last week’s provincial election to encourage them to vote.
Throughout the winter semester, students were asked for their contact information … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, May 14 2015 —
Old and new celebrations marked the last day of classes and end of the academic year. Both Bermuda Shorts Day and the inaugural UCalgary Strong Festival were deemed successes.
The university put on … Read the rest
By Stephanie Tang, May 14 2015 —
Five University of Calgary students won a business competition with an idea designed to make campus safer for women.
The product, a bracelet equipped with a button, is called the Securelet. Pressing the … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, April 29 2015 —
Pete Helfrich is running in Calgary-Varsity as the candidate for the Alberta Liberal party in the upcoming provincial election. We sat down with him to talk about student issues and how his experience … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, April 29 2015 —
Stephanie McLean is the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate in Calgary-Varsity for Alberta’s upcoming provincial election. We sat down with her to talk about how student issues are shaping the political landscape this … Read the rest
By Chris Adams, April 20 2015 —
University of Calgary administration announced at a budget presentation Monday, April 20 they’ll freeze executive salaries to deal with provincial spending cuts announced in March.
The provincial government cut post-secondary funding by 1.4 … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, April 9 2015 —
The University of Calgary will host the UCalgary Strong festival on April 15, the same afternoon as Bermuda Shorts Day, to celebrate the last day of classes and offer an alternative to BSD’s … Read the rest
By Chris Adams, April 9 2015 —
The Consent Awareness and Sexual Education (CASE) club will promote healthy sexual activity before and during Bermuda Shorts Day.
The club started promoting consent at BSD last year with their Got Consent? campaign. … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, April 9 2015 — The Students’ Union is looking to the Internet for ideas to improve the University of Calgary.
The SU recently launched a webpage called SU-Blue Sky hosted on ideascale.com.
Students can post ideas and … Read the rest