transparency

By EMILY BEST Correction Nov. 29, 2023: A previous version of this story stated that at the start of the fall semester, Langara College’s website listed $487.13 per semester, plus $8.74 added per credit. In fact, this amount was specific…

By Marilyn Reichert The Langara Students’ Union, a student-funded society whose official aim is “Advocating for Students’ Rights” has yet to come through on a 2019 commitment to become more transparent. After the Societies Act was…

Students at post-secondary institutions benefit when their unions publicly post their financial documents, said the financial executive at Simon Fraser University's student union.

Reported by Patrick Penner Correction Feb. 11, 2019: A previous version of this story stated the Societies Act required student unions to digitize their finances.  In fact, the act only made it necessary for students unions to publish…