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AMS to Complain to UN Regarding AvEd Access

Posted By Alex Lougheed On November 26, 2009 @ 12:40 pm In News | Comments Disabled

The AMS, along with former VP Administration Tristan Markle, is complaing about the BC and Canadian governments to the United Nations. They claim:

both levels of government have failed to:

- control tuition fees,
- provide sufficient financial support to students in need, and
- provide adequate funding to the post secondary sector

Councillors we have spoken to thus far all seem shocked, as if this came from nowhere.

Press Release [1]
Complaint [2]
Backgrounder [3]
Tristan Markle Affidavit [4]

Update:
Georgia Straight coverage [5]
Vancouver Sun coverage [6]


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URLs in this post:

[1] Press Release: http://www2.ams.ubc.ca/index.php/ams/news/ubc_student_union_files_complaint_to_the_un_regarding_soaring_tuition_fees/

[2] Complaint: http://www2.ams.ubc.ca/images/uploads/09-11-25_AMS_Complaint.pdf

[3] Backgrounder: http://www2.ams.ubc.ca/images/uploads/FINAL_UN_Complaint_Backgrounder.pdf

[4] Tristan Markle Affidavit: http://www2.ams.ubc.ca/images/uploads/09-11-24_Affidavit_Tristan_Markle.pdf

[5] Georgia Straight coverage: http://www.straight.com/article-272661/vancouver/ubc-student-union-files-united-nations-complaint-over-rising-tuition-fees

[6] Vancouver Sun coverage: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/complaint%20launched%20society%20over%20post%20secondary%20education/2272723/story.html

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