College Student Alliance
LocationToronto. Ontario, Canada
Established1975
PresidentAzi Afousi
Vice president-
AffiliationsOUSA, CASA
Websitewww.collegestudentalliance.ca

The College Student Alliance (CSA) is a provincial advocacy organization in Ontario that represents students attending community colleges. The alliance represents 3 colleges and 5student associations with over 39,000 student members.

Founded in 1975 as the Ontario Community College Student Parliamentary Association (OCCSPA), the College Student Alliance (CSA) is an advocacy and student leadership organization which serves Ontario's college students.

CSA's main competencies are advocacy related on behalf of its membership on all issues relating to college education including tuition, accessibility, quality and transferability. Independent of any political or organizational affiliations the CSA is dedicated to championing the needs of Ontario postsecondary students from the students' perspective.[1]

Board of directors

The board of directors are elected by the membership to oversee the organization, provide guidance and future vision. All members of the board must be current student leaders from within the membership.

The 2022–2023 board of directors are:

Title Name Student association
President Azi Afousi Humber College
Vice president Aksnoor Singh Kamboj Humber College
Director Jasmine Bates Humber College

Staff

  • General Manager | David Ward
  • Policy & Advocacy Lead | Delaney Groves
  • Office manager | Brenda Leciuk

Presidents

  • 2002–2003 | Jon Olinski
  • 2003–2004 | Valerie Rothlin
  • 2004–2005 | Justin Falconer
  • 2005–2006 | Matt Jackson
  • 2006–2007 | Matt Jackson
  • 2007–2008 | Tyler Wiles
  • 2008–2009 | Jennifer Howarth
  • 2009–2010 | Justin Fox
  • 2010–2011 | Justin Fox
  • 2011–2012 | Brian Costantini
  • 2012–2013 | Ciara Bryne
  • 2013–2014 | Curtis Bell
  • 2014–2015 | Matt Stewart
  • 2015–2016 | Jeff Scherer
  • 2016–2017 | Madison Schell
  • 2017–2018 | Joel Willett/Aimee Calma
  • 2018–2019 | Brittany Elizabeth Greig
  • 2019–2021 | Tori Arnett
  • 2021–2022 | Eli Ridder
  • 2022–2024 | Azi Afousi

Executive directors/general managers

  • 1993-1996 Heather Russell
  • 1996-1999 | Cynthia Watt
  • 1999–2002 | Tracy Boyer
  • 2003 | Jon Olinski
  • 2004–2005 | Frank Cappadocia
  • 2005 | Jon Olinski
  • 2005–2016 | Ted Bartlett
  • 2016–2018 | Jennifer Nguyen (Howarth)
  • 2018–2019 | Curtis Bell
  • 2020–2022 | Jason Baryluk
  • 2023-Present | David Ward

References

  1. ↑ "College Student Alliance | About".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.