Student Commission, YCL-LJC
March, 2015
The Young Communist League of Canada calls for full solidarity with educational workers at the University of Toronto and York University. CUPE 3902’s and CUPE 3903’s educational workers are now on strike at two of Canada’s largest universities, at which almost 140,000 university students study.
Student Commission, YCL-LJC
March, 2015
The Young Communist League of Canada stands in solidarity with all students struggling for free, accessible, emancipatory education and against the commodification of education. This March will see important struggles develop across Canada and we call on all students to use this opportunity to build a united and militant student movement.
Student Commission, YCL-LJC
November, 2014
Student struggle week of action underway
Every November 17th, International Students’ Day, is commemorated by remembering the important role of students in fighting for a better world. In honour of this day, the World Federation of Democratic Youth’s Commission on Europe and North America has called for a student week of action against the current attacks on our education system taking place across the region. The week of action runs from November 17th-23rd.
Student Commission, YCL-LJC
August, 2014
Federal and Provincial Governments and big business want people to think that education is a privilege. A majority of students know better, and believe education is a right.
Provincial governments throughout Canada are working to privatize universities and colleges by reducing public funding, increasing tuition fees, and increasing the influence of big business. Some university institutions are even implementing “Program Prioritization Processes”, or PPP’s, which attack Liberal Arts and Social Science programs. In some cases these programs were won by student struggles in the 1960’s and 1970’s when progressive students demanded degrees in women’s studies, Indigenous studies, labour studies, and more.
Joint Statement by the YCL-LJC and the Communist Party of Canada
February, 2012
Students today are facing a corporate steamroller in the form of massive tuition increases and high youth unemployment like our generation has never seen before. The only way forward for the students is to develop a united fightback. The cross-Canada Day of Action, organized by the Canadian Federation of Students, is an excellent step in that direction and has the full support of the Communist Party of Canada and the Young Communist League.