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The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is the largest student organization in Canada, representing 450,000 students across the nation in every province except Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The group is well known for its activism. Currently there are more than 450,000 students across Canada who are represented by the CFS. Founded in 1981 the CFS that battles for more than lower tuition and opposing the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The CFS also manages the International Student Identification Card in Canada and owns the Travel Cuts travel agency. The also produce the Student Saver Discount card, and operate the National Student Health Network.
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. Some of the students' unions have returned as members, such as Carleton University Students' Association.
CFS brings together over 70 undergraduate, graduate, full-time, part-time, college and university students' unions.
History
In the last ten years, CFS has organized a series of actions to complement their lobbying of provincial and federal governments. In 1995, over 100,000 students came out to oppose the Liberal governments plan to introduce Income Contingent Loan Repayment Schemes. In Ontario, they organized a series of demonstrations to protest the former Conservative governments deregulation of tuition fees and reduction of provincial funding. In British Columbia, they played an active role in convincing the former NDP government to introduce tuition fee freezes and reductions.
February 4, 2004 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 Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. This year(2004-2005) is the first time in a while that the majority of students in Canada are not facing an increase in tuition fees.
George Soule is the current National Chairperson of the organization.
Member Locals
British Columbia Local 75: Camosun College Student Society Local 05: Capilano Students' Union Local 73: City Centre Students' Union Local 18: Douglas Students' Union Local 33: Emily Carr Students' Union Local 76: King Edward Students' Union Local 26: Kwantlen Student Association Local 61: Malaspina Students' Union Local 13: College of New Caledonia Students' Association Local 72: North Island Students' Association Trial Member: Northern Lights College Students' Association Local 66: Northwest Community College Students' Association Local 03: Okanagan University College Students' Association Local 03: Penticton Campus Students' Association Local 86: College of the Rockies Students' Union Local 04: Selkirk Students' Association Local 23: Simon Fraser Student Society Local 89: University of Victoria Graduate Students' Society Local 44: University of Victoria Students' Society
Alberta Local 42: Alberta College of Art and Design Students' Association Local 21: Graduate Students' Association of the University of Calgary
Saskatchewan Local 09: University of Regina Students' Union Trial Member - Local 17: University of Saskatchewan Students' Union Local 101: University of Saskatchewan Graduate Students' Association Local 90: Saskatchewan Indian Federated College Students' Association
Manitoba Local 37: Brandon University Students' Union Trial Member: University of Manitoba Students' Union Local 96: University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association Local 38: Association des étudiantes et étudiants du Collège universitaire de Saint Boniface Local 08: University of Winnipeg Student Association
Ontario Local 82: Algoma University Students' Union Local 28: Atkinson Students' Association Local 102: Brock University Graduate Students' Association Local 78: Carleton University Graduate Students' Association Local 01: Carleton University Students' Association Local 92: Student Association of George Brown College Local 93: Glendon College Student Union Local 54: University of Guelph Central Student Association Local 62: University of Guelph Graduate Students' Association Local 32: Lakehead University Student Union Local 30: Laurentian University Students' General Association Local 88: Association des étudiantes et étudiants francophones de l'Université Laurentienne Local 39: McMaster University Graduate Students' Association Local 20: Nipissing University Student Union Local 25: Ontario College of Art and Design Student Union Local 94: Graduate Students' Association des étudiant(e)s diplômé(e)s de l'Université d'Ottawa Local 27: Queen's University Society of Graduate and Professional Students Local 24: Ryerson Students' Administrative Council Local 85: St. Paul University Students' Association Local 99: Scarborough Campus Students' Union Local 19: University of Toronto Graduate Students' Union Local 97: Association of Part-Time Undergraduate Students of the University of Toronto Local 98: University of Toronto Students' Administrative Council Local 71: Trent Central Students' Association Trial Member: Trent University Graduate Student Association Local 47: University of Western Ontario Society of Graduate Students Local 56: Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Students' Association Local 48: University of Windsor Graduate Students' Society Local 49: University of Windsor Students' Alliance Local 68: York Federation of Students Local 84: York University Graduate Students' Association
Québec Local 83: Concordia Graduate Students' Association Local 91: Concordia Students' Union Local 79: Post-Graduate Students' Society of McGill University
Nova Scotia Local 64: Acadia Students' Union Local 95: University College of Cape Breton Students' Union Trial Member: Dalhousie Association of Graduate Students Local 11: University of King's College Students' Union Local 34: Mount Saint Vincent University Students' Union Local 07: Student Union of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Local 69: Association générale des étudiants de l'Université Sainte-Anne
Prince Edward Island Local 63: Holland College Student Union Local 31: University of Prince Edward Island Student Union Local 70: University of Prince Edward Island Graduate Student Union
Newfoundland & Labrador Local 36: Grenfell College Student Union Local 45: Marine Institute Students' Union Local 100: Graduate Students' Union of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Local 35: Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union Local 46: College of the North Atlantic Students' Association
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