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Student Politics

RSU budget still not passed by finance committee or BoD

September 10, 2019

By Emma Sandri The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) has yet to approve its annual operating budget—despite the union’s bylaws requiring the budget to be passed by the end of August. According to section 2.10 of the RSU bylaws, the Board of Directors (BoD) should consider the budgets of all committees, operations and services, and approve […]

SCI Student Politics

Socialist Fightback Students are pushing for student strike at Ryerson

August 30, 2019

Despite much discussion, members present at the WTSRU meeting did not reach an agreement on a potential strike

RSU executives sitting at a table during a board meeting

RSU Student Politics

UPDATE: RSU executives confirm executive director’s dismissal in public statement

August 14, 2019

by Emma Sandri, Madi Wong and Valerie Dittrich The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) executive team has issued a statement regarding the employment and alleged termination of their executive director (ED), confirming the ED, Ren Niles, was officially terminated Tuesday. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the RSU executives stated Niles was dismissed in a “collective […]

RSU Student Politics

RSU president allegedly terminates executive director

August 11, 2019

In emails obtained by The Eye, the president of the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) says she fired the union's executive director (ED).

RSU SCI Student Politics

RU-Pass cancelled for the upcoming school year

On Tuesday, the university released an email on behalf of Jen McMillen, vice-provost students, stating that the RU-Pass would not proceed come September 2019.

Campus News Student Politics

Executive director hired at RSU board of directors meeting

By Madi Wong and Valerie Dittrich At their latest board of directors meeting on June 20, the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) voted on implementing a new financial system for student group budgets and introduced their new executive director. Due to the Student Choice Initiative (SCI) taking effect in the fall semester, the RSU discussed how […]

SCI Student Politics

Canadian Federation of Students taking Ontario government to court

"If students' unions' funding is reduced...it will be devastating for services that are essential to life on campus," said a CFS spokesperson

Student Politics

RSU board of directors meeting welcomes new signing officers, commissioners and committee members

A number of motions were passed, including one to elect former vice-president equity Karolina Suroweic as an ex-officio member of the board

RSU Student Politics

Ryerson’s Black Liberation Collective calls on RSU to diminish police presence on campus

We hope that this isn’t going to be a recycled union of recycled anti-Black politics,” said Josh Lamers, co-founder of the BLC

Student Politics

No Chang School student senate election held for the past nine years

“Everyone knows that it’s an issue, and no one has an answer on how to solve this issue"

Student Politics

Board size reduces and impeachment made simpler at RSU Annual General Meeting

This year’s AGM was the first since 2015 to reach the quorum of 100 students

Multimedia Student Politics Video

Video: RSU Credit Card Scandal Timeline

Here’s a breakdown of the credit card scandal, from how the executive got two credit cards to how The Eye found out about what they spent

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