Solidarity & Advocacy News
Middle & High School Students No Longer Permitted on Kelowna Campus
Finally, after multiple years of frustration, complaints, and public discourse, a letter was sent out to KSS parents on March 13 stating that “beginning March 30, no middle and high school students will be permitted inside any OC building on our Kelowna campus during the school day unless they are accompanied by an adult, or enrolled in a dual-enrolment program such as dual credit, sampler and gateway programs.”
Government Transit Advocacy Letter
The Okanagan College Students’ Union represents nearly 5000 students across the Okanagan Valley. On behalf of the students we represent, we are writing to express our strong support for the BC Federation of Labour’s Connecting BC Transit campaign and to urge the provincial government to implement its proposed plan to significantly expand and strengthen public transit across British Columbia. For students in the Okanagan, reliable, affordable, and well-connected, inter-community transit is not a convenience, but a necessity.
OCSU Letter to Kelowna Senior Secondary
We are writing to formally raise concerns about the ongoing presence and behaviour of Kelowna Secondary School (KSS) students on Okanagan College (OC) campuses. While we recognize that Okanagan College is public property and that many KSS students conduct themselves appropriately, the volume and severity of incidents involving KSS students has reached a point where it is significantly impacting the safety, learning environment, and overall campus experience for OC students.This issue has become the number one complaint we hear from our students on the Kelowna campus, and so we feel it necessary to bring this forward to you all.
Okanagan College Students’ Union Written Submission for Post-Secondary Review
Our students’ union strongly endorses the core principles outlined in the BC Federation of Students’ submission and offers the following local evidence and recommendations to support and expand on those themes.