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.
The Okanagan College Students’ Union Stands in Solidarity with Trans Athletes: A Call for Accountability and Inclusivity in PACWEST
The Okanagan College Students’ Union is proud to reaffirm its unwavering support for trans athletes and the broader 2SLGBTQIA+ community in light of recent developments in the Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST).
OCSU Statement of Settler Colonialism in Palestine
30 days cannot begin to encapsulate the profound agony endured during 75+ years of occupation. This month marks a devastating milestone, with over 10,000 lives lost in Gaza, and thousands more missing, unmarked, and unidentifiable.
The OCSU has always been a champion for student voices, but our silence has been a deafening contradiction of our principles. We would like to make it clear that genocide should never be a subject of neutrality.