Canadian Alliance of Student Associations / Alliance canadienne des associations etudiantes
Registration:
16
of
58
(2013-07-25
to
2013-12-02)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Canada Student Grants Program with respect to increasing per-student, need-based funding provided by the program
- Indirect Costs Program, with respect to increasing the funding provided by the Indirect Costs Program to qualified universities, colleges, and affiliated institutions.
- The Canada Student Loans Program, with respect to eliminating the expected parental contribution in the assessment of resources for borrowers.
- The Canada Student Loans Program, with respect to ensuring the weekly loan limit rises with the needs of students by increasing the weekly loan limit amount from $210 to $245.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, with respect to the creation of a dedicated transfer for post-secondary education.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- The Book Importation Regulations under the Copyright Act, with respect to parallel importation.
Policies or Program
- Canada Student Loans Program with respect to redefining need under the program, amending the asset calculation model to exempt all in-study income, the ownership of one vehicle, individually held RRSPs by an additional $790 for each year following a person's eighteenth birthday, and other financial assets totalling $10 000.
- Developing a Pan-Canadian Strategy for Mental Health, with respect to implementing recent recommendations of the Mental Health Commission of Canada aimed at post-secondary students and decreasing stigmas associated with mental health.
- Developing a nationwide strategy for the adoption of Open Educational Resources.
- Developing an Open Access Framework for taxpayer funded research in Canada with respect to research conducted with the assistance of funding from SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR at Canada's universities and colleges.
- Post-Secondary Student Support Program Funding, with respect to lifting the 2% cap on this funding.
- Protecting student intellectual property rights at Canada's universities and colleges, with respect to creating a set of criteria for institutions to abide by in order to be eligible for research funding granted by the CIHR, SSHRC, and NSERC.
- Repayment Assistance Program, with regard to changing eligibility requirements, removing entry barriers for students in loan default, exempting EI recipients, and creating program streams for underrepresented groups.
- SSHRC, CIHR, and NSERC, with respect to improving governance and broadening considered perspectives via the addition of a student seat on the governing boards of the federal granting agencies.
- The Off-Campus Work Permit Program, with respect to extending the benefits of off-campus work permits to international students studying part-time at recognized universities and colleges in Canada.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- International student visas, with regard to broadening the category of country that receives multiple-entry visas.