The Council of Alberta University Students (CAUS) represents the interests of over 70,000 Alberta university students across Alberta. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905
They represent undergraduate students from the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary and the University of Lethbridge to the public, government and other post-secondary education stakeholders. The University of Alberta (U of A is a public research University located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary is a research-intensive Public university in Calgary Alberta, Canada. The University of Lethbridge (also known as U of L) is a public university in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Based in Edmonton, CAUS is a non-partisan and active advocacy group looking to ensure a fully accessible and high quality system of education in Alberta.
History
The Council of Alberta University Students (CAUS) was created in 1986 after the disintegration of the Federation of Alberta Students (FAS). Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) FAS was a provincial umbrella organization that represented all of the public post-secondary institutions in Alberta; the organization fell apart in 1981 when a number of colleges and technical institutes withdrew their membership from the organization because they felt that the universities dominated the Federation. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. Out of the ashes of the FAS emerged CAUS, which included all of the publicly funded universities in Alberta, and ACTISEC (Alberta Colleges and Technical Institutes Student Executive Council), which represented all of the publicly funded colleges and technical institutes. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905
The original purpose of CAUS was to facilitate information sharing and networking between university students’ unions and associations. Since then, the emphasis of the organization has gone from being a networking group to an active lobbying and advocacy coalition.
November, 2005 the Athabasca University Students' Union opted to leave CAUS citing a new strategy for lobbying. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Athabasca University Students' Union is the Students' union of Athabasca University, in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.
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