You should be voting in the upcoming CSA election
Jack Fisher | Former CSA President
The U of G campus is a special place. We often talk about the campus culture we’re a part of and how great it is, but that didn’t happen overnight. It’s taken years of building and fighting for students to attain the level of community support we have. And Doug Ford is trying to tear the whole thing down.
In an effort to maintain our campus culture, the CSA is running a referendum this Fall to support the SafeWalk program.
SafeWalk is a service run by student volunteers that provides safe and reliable volunteers to walk with students on campus during evening and night hours every day of the week.
“Walk Safe Programs” were one of those things that the Province deemed essential to maintain following the falsely named Student Choice Initiative; however, they did so without stipulating whether it would be student unions, universities, or community programs that run these Walk Safe Programs.
The SafeWalk program on our campus is not funded independently and currently draws operating costs from the $18 CSA fee you pay once a semester.
To make sure you, the students still have access to volunteers “Out There, Every Night,” you need to vote in the CSA referendum this September 24 to 27, via your Gryphmail.
For only $0.75 per student SafeWalk will be able to operate at the level they planned to for this year and for years to come. While the CSA has been running the background logistics for SafeWalk since its inception, it’s no longer feasible for them to do that when they cannot even guarantee their own funding year-to-year.