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The Brandon University Students' Union (BUSU) represents undergraduate, graduate, and distance students at Brandon University (BU) in Manitoba, Canada. BUSU is a non-partisan and non-denominational not-for-profit organization that represents 3,375 (2020) students. [ 1 ]
Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 3,375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. [2] The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon College as a Baptist institution.
Canada spends about 5.2% of its GDP on education in 2020. [46] The country invests heavily in tertiary education (more than US$20,000 per student). [47] Recent reports suggest tuition fee increases across all provinces ranging from a low of .3% in Ontario to a high of 5.7% in Alberta due to a provide-wide restructuring of fees. [48]
As of 2023, there are over 100 universities in Canada, offering education in English and French. [2] Most French-speaking universities are located in Quebec , though several institutions outside the province are either francophone or bilingual. 1.8 million students are enrolled in university. [ 3 ]
Thirty academic institutions throughout Canada currently participate in a U-Pass program. [7] In 1973, Queen's University at Kingston implemented the "Bus-It" program with Kingston Transit, making it the first university in Canada to implement a universal transit pass program. [8] Nearby St. Lawrence College also participates in this program ...
Tuition freeze is a government policy restricting the ability of administrators of post-secondary educational facilities (i.e. colleges and universities) to increase tuition fees for students. Although governments have various reasons for implementing such a policy, the main reason cited is improving accessibility for working- and middle-class ...
Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster argued that the ongoing conflict in Gaza will continue and life for Palestinians cannot improve “until Hamas is destroyed.”
In the 1964–1965 school year, tuition fee levels across Canada increased markedly in response to the initialization of CSLP. In 1964, a tuition freeze position was adopted by delegates, and in 1965 a tuition abolition position was taken at national Congress. Students at the local level became more combative which took university ...