The Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) stands in solidarity with the Dalhousie students participating in the international campus encampment movement for Palestine. We endorse the Students for the Liberation of Palestine—Kjiputuk, affirming their rights to peaceful protest and freedom of expression at Dalhousie University…
On October 12, 2022, CUPE 3912 announced their intentions to strike and cease work starting October 19th (today) due to Dalhousie University’s refusal to meet their demands for fair wages and working conditions. Dalhousie University concluded its negotiations yesterday (October 18th) and their final offer failed to get CUPE 3912 even halfway to wage parity with our peer institutions within the U-15, an association of 15 Canadian public research-intensive universities…
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - The Dalhousie Students’ Union (DSU) affirms its solidarity with Teaching Assistants (TAs), Part-Time Academics (PTAs) and other precarious academic workers at Dalhousie University who have been in a legal strike position since April 2022. The Dalhousie Board of Governors approves employment contracts between the University and its employee groups. The previous Collective Agreement between…
All remaining December exams (originally scheduled for Tuesday, December 14 and all subsequent dates) will be online, postponed or cancelled. Please wait to hear from your course instructor in the next few days. Where in-person assessments are physically required, students will be contacted and expected to attend in person.
With the fall semester quickly approaching and Nova Scotia reopening with support from the vaccine roll-out, many students have reached out with questions around in-person class delivery this fall. The DSU does not control the academic timetable or course delivery, but we are here to help and will continue to communicate students' concerns to the university.
On behalf of over 19,000 students studying at Dalhousie University, we are sharing our concerns regarding Dalhousie University’s proposed 2021/22 budget. At the beginning of the summer 2020 semester, the DSU and its members voiced concerns about the 3% tuition increase instated this past Fall, and the additional $1473 increase for International students.
