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	In 1995, after much dissatisfaction with the way CFS was run, several students' union's split off to form the ], which has 19 member organizations.		In 1995, after much dissatisfaction with the way CFS was run, several students' union's split off to form the ], which has 19 member organizations.

	], ] was labelled the '''National Day of Action''', as students from across Canada held demonstrations organized by the CFS, in protest to the skyrocketing tuition fees. This ongoing effort since CFS's founding has thus led to the tuition fee freezes for students in ], ], ], and ]. This year is the first time in a while that the majority of students in Canada are not facing an increase in tuition fees.

	The CFS brings together over 70 student unions and the incumbent National Chairperson is George Soule.		The CFS brings together over 70 student unions and the incumbent National Chairperson is George Soule.

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The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is a large union of university students unions in Canada. The group is well known for its activism. Currently student groups representing 450,000 students are represented by the CFS. Founded in 1981 the CFS that battles for more than lower tuition and opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The CFS also manages the International Student Identification Card in Canada and owns the Travel Cuts travel agency.

In 1995, after much dissatisfaction with the way CFS was run, several students' union's split off to form the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations, which has 19 member organizations.

The CFS brings together over 70 student unions and the incumbent National Chairperson is George Soule.

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Undergraduate	Acadia Alberta Athabasca Bishop's Brandon British Columbia Brock Calgary Carleton Concordia Dalhousie First Nations Guelph Lakehead Lethbridge Manitoba McGill McMaster Memorial Ottawa SFUO History UOSU Queen's Royal Roads St. Francis Xavier St. Thomas Simon Fraser Toronto Toronto Metropolitan UPEI Victoria Waterloo Western Wilfrid Laurier Windsor York
Graduate	Ottawa Saskatchewan
Provincial	Alberta ASEC CAUS Quebec ASSÉ FECQ FEUQ TaCEQ New Brunswick Ontario CSA OUSA Nova Scotia
National	CASA CFS Faculty-specific Engineering Identity-specific Ukrainian-Canadians UCRU

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