E the eo _Gshier Press Grassroots opposition to “The way we that we’re organizing locally is that one person cannot make a campaign committee. So I have agreed with a couple of other people to put the framework out there and then to use the DC faculty association executive as couriers of information out to the various “ areas of the college. “Now how many people do at is another matter, for example, Child and Youth Care ounseling, I expect people who in Bruce Hardy’s class to talk a bout the Canada Social Cuts and:I expect that Rita Chudnovsky ‘mentions it, too! People are talking 9. about it and trying to create a ~ discussion so that there is an understanding. We hope from there Association of Doug committee to lobb secondary educ. a November 28, 1995 ion transfer cuts trying to raise awareness about the issue. “T was asked to be the campaign coordinator because my job involves being out in the communities and connecting with various social service agencies. I go to a lot of inter-agency councils and I sit on their various boards to help them plan their conferences. So I’m always wandering around lately with postcards, talking to people, asking them to sign them and send them in to Paul Martin. I was going to talk to [Katrina Lennax] about the possibility of using a campaign table in the concourse and drafting up some letters that could come from a student perspective on access to financial access to education. that people begin to That’s what we’re get the idea that this doing at this point, is really serious “ We should ’ve trying to connect, stuff and moving it : trying to move this out from the faculty been doing that out into the ; to students and then two years ago. community of out to the j students. community. It’s Given that we One of the rorker ty ti tking : you say what you want, you’ll hard at this point : haven é we re things that has about the fi tat withibutie © never get it. What has traditionally because we haven’t till a concerned me is . a 3 i . : done an awful lot to sult trying to trying to make the “The idea behind it [the education they wouldn’t be doing ~ happened in the past is a block atk in E oiet 1 campaign] was to raise the issue that the work that they’re doing. Trying transfer to the provinces from the cts is 4 © raise awareness — connec a oe . post-secondary education is an to make the point that this kind of federal government, certainly parts eee eee bout the i eee Ps : : Ses of the college abou! ine issue. people who don’t investment for people. People with funding is of that are tagged Certai le teaditionally h post-secondary education have less important or we as being for SHEER SHE een ae a “..this kind of because they are part of the alumni unemployment rates than other will end up witha health, for social groups. People would be able to system where only funding is services, for post- Faas or = si pies of the work with a post-secondary the very well-to- important or we secondary Cae ae < education, and would not be drawing do are able to will end up with education. The ies ae ege on social service. Social lifestyle has [afford] post- t h provinces aren’t “Th ty. a lot to do with health and the secondary a system wnere required to spend Ri ESSE eee determinants of health are social in education or that only the very it in that way, and probably doesn’t think about the a lot of ways. So we are trying to students are going well-to-do are what they have ire in relation to the sige push post-secondary education asan_ to end up witha able to [ afford] traditionally done oe ‘a eesaaeid - — 2 — investment and as a important part budget-straining A is that post- number of people it employs. The Pike Witare aad ak Condi: high debt load post-secon ary neccieiitay number of students who come here, “What the campaign is doing © way beyond what education... education hasn’t the fact that those students come to is putting out different kinds of they are already, received all of the live close to the place, if they can, they spend their money in this community, etc., etc., etc. It’s hard to make that point when you’re in the midst of a crisis. We should’ve been doing that two years ago. Given that we haven’t, we’re still which is out of contru:. “The basic objective is to ask the government to restore transfer levels. A lot of people have said to us that’s unrealistic at this time and perhaps it is. Unless miuuey wat was tagged for them. It has been spread across the three areas, and so one of the things that we want to say is ‘let’s review how it is that we fund post-secondary education.’ fact sheets on post-secondary standing in Canada and in B.C. in particular, then asking people to send postcards to the Minister Paul Martin or write a letter about their experiences either as students or as Let it snow, let it snow, LET IT SNOW! by Veronika Zador and when the institution will reopen. People are asked to rely on the information given out by the local radio broadcasts, instead of calling the College Switchboard, since it would get impossible to get through if everyone dials the same number. If the college is closed, we'll have the whole day for studying or for dreaming about those white covered hills....or actually heading to a ski resort! Waking up in a winter morning, looking out the window and seeing a white, snow covered landscape; all this seems poetic and exciting, until we realize that we are not on a ski resort but in the city. Then we start to worry that we might miss out on the exciting lectures scheduled for the day or maybe even have to postpone writing a much looked- forward-to test. To get inform-ation regarding school closures, students and staff can turn on one of the following radio stations: CKNW AM 980, CISL AM 650, CBC AM 690, CFUN AM 1410. These and other radio stations will have information on whether the classes are canceled lot of contact with post secondary education, but may have aspirations or dreams that they hold for their children. We’re hoping that the efforts will [make a difference], even if people say that it’s too late to make a major impact, which it may very well be. My perspective on it is that [we need to] make some noise about it, and we haven’t. We didn’t do it two years ago when we should’ve started planning which would’ve been best, but hindsight is perfect. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t think about it now.