With conditions under capitalism quickly deteriorating for the overwhelming majority of young people, it is no surprise that there is a thirst for an alternative. This has raised interest in socialism to new heights. This heightened interest was on full display in September, when Socialist Fightback Students (SFS) organized a spate of events across the […]

COVID-19 has created huge challenges for students in post-secondary, who have been forced to shift to lower quality online learning. Unfortunately for the students at the University of Alberta, instead of helping them face these new difficult circumstances, the UCP government has decided to kick them while they are down. Alberta students are facing massive […]

On Sep. 30, a group calling itself “All Out September 30th” held a “virtual strike” to raise awareness over issues of racism and barriers to education, among other topics.  The event, attended by Fightback and perhaps a few hundred students, could have been an opportunity for open discussion between faculty, students and their representatives on […]

As we approach the end of summer break, university students are preparing to return back to school. But with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, universities are delivering the majority of their courses online. This means that students won’t have the same access to extracurriculars, counseling, and after-class discussion with professors. However, tuition costs are not being […]

On Jan. 24 the Ryerson University administration announced it no longer recognizes the Ryerson Students Union. This is a massive violation of student democracy, and one we unequivocally oppose. The announcement by the vice provost states, “Effective immediately, the university no longer recognizes the RSU as the official student government representing Ryerson students,” meaning, among […]

On Nov. 6, students at Toronto universities made history by holding the first post-secondary student strike in English Canada for 23 years. The strike involved three universities: Ryerson, York and OCAD, which in total have around 100,000 students. At each campus, picket lines were set up at major entrances, involving a few hundred students. Some […]

Here we reprint an open letter to Ontario student unions from the Ryerson Student Strike Committee. October 7, 2019 Ryerson University students have just made history. On Sept. 25, Ryerson students voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike on November 6 in opposition to Doug Ford’s cuts to OSAP, cuts to university funding, and attacks on […]

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, Ryerson students organized a historic mass meeting. This general assembly, the first one organized in English Canada in decades, marks an enormous step forward in the struggle against Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cuts to higher education. In this mass meeting of more than 200 students, the proposal for a one-day student […]

As students return to classes this fall, it has become clear that they are being crushed under the weight of the new cuts to post-secondary education and OSAP. In particular, these cuts have hurt working-class students the most, with some students reporting up to $10,000 lost in OSAP funding. The resulting inability to pay tuition […]

This month, students in Ontario return to school in an incredibly desperate situation, thanks to Premier Doug Ford. Since the government announced its post-secondary education overhaul in January, it has cut deep into programs that make post-secondary education possible for many youth. The Ford government eliminated grants for low-income students as well as the six-month […]