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	Media Media Releases Canadian Federation of Students in the News Student and Campus Media Your Daily News   Canadian Federation of Students in the News • Translink granted appeal in political advertising case. (3 May 07) • B.C. Urged to Trim Student Loan Interest Rates (26 Apr 07) • Campus 2020 maps out road to excellence (26 Apr 07) • Translink Loses Ad Ruling (21 Apr 07) • Path Cleared for Political Advertising on Transit (19 Apr 07) • Students, Teachers' Group Wins BC Bus Ad Fight (18 Apr 07) • Grad Students Worry About Intellectual Property Theft (9 Apr 07) Membership Gets Results: Students Celebrate Tuition-Fee Free Adult Basic Education! Over the past year, members of the Canadian Federation of Students have campaigned for the elimination of tuition fees for adult basic education (ABE) courses. ABE courses give adults the opportunity to upgrade their high-school level education in a college and university-college setting. Federation members and supporters sent hundreds and hundreds of handwritten letters and over 10,000 postcards to Members of the Legislative Assembly calling for the elimination of ABE fees. In addition, members of the Federation held over 75 meetings with government officials at which ABE was the primary focus of discussion. The campaign efforts have paid off! On September 7, 2007, the Canadian Federation of Students was invited to participate in the Minister of Advanced Education's announcement that ABE fees would be eliminated. Here are the details: -All ABE fees at the college and university college level will be eliminated January 1, 2008. -All ABE fees at the school district level will be eliminated September 1, 2008. -Grants program expanded for ABE to include books, transportation, child care, and supplies. Thank you to the thousands of members across BC who participated in this campaign and helped to make ABE tuition fee free in BC! Click Here for More Info
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