Kingston Transit offers opt-in semester passes for post-secondary students

CFRC ‘confident’ after Queen’s AMS rules to run fee referendum again

CFRC responds to quashed ‘Student Choice Initiative’

Students protest Ford government changes to student loans, fee payments and tuition

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, Councillor Peter Stroud, Councillor Simon Chapelle, Jeremy DaCosta, Kingston City Council, Kingston Transit, Kingston Transit passes, mandatory student fees, opt-in student transit passes, post-secondary students, Queen's Alma Mater Society (AMS), Queen's University, St. Lawrence College, St. Lawrence College Student Association, student fees, student transportation passes

Post-secondary students have the option to purchase a Kingston Transit student pass for the fall semester, after the universal ridership agreement was cancelled earlier this summer. Kingston Transit has collaborated with The Alma Mater Society of Queen’s University and The Student Association of St. Lawrence College to provide an option

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February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments AMS referendum, ancillory fees, appeal, CFRC 101.9fm, CFRC Radio, Dave Cunningham, local radio, operating budget, Queen's AMS, Queen's University, Student Choice Initiative, student fees, volunteers

The future of CFRC Radio remains uncertain, but those with the station are feeling “confident” after winning an appeal to Queen’s Alma Mater Society to re-run a referendum on including the station’s fees in the list of fees presented to students during registration. As previously reported, CFRC 101.9 FM –

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November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments $50000 loss, ancillory fees, campus clubs, campus radio, CFRC 101.9fm, CFRC Radio, Dinah Jansen, Ford Government, fundraising campaign, Kingston, mandatory fees, music, Ontario, provincial government, Queen's University, student associations, Student Choice Initiative, student fees

While the Ontario Divisional Court overturned the ‘Student Choice Initiative’ that allowed students to opt out of some student fees yesterday, the damage the Ontario government’s directive created for CFRC is far from over. The Student Choice Initiative, issued by the Ford government in early 2019, allowed students at colleges

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Craig Berggold, Ford Government, Kingston, local 901 of Public Service Alliance of Canada, Ontario, OSAP, protest, provincial government, Queen's University, student fees, student unions, students, tuition fees

Despite the cold temperatures that kept school buses off the roads on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, approximately 200 Queen’s University students bundled up to hit the streets and speak their minds. The group of students gathered at the intersection of University and Union Streets, signs in hand and protest chants