Regeina University ends the fee agreement with the Student Union

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Regeina University says it “lost confidence” in the Student Union and will stop collecting fees for the organization in August.

The President of the UR University of UR and Deputy Counselor Jeff Keishin said in an e -mail to students on Wednesday that the decision comes after failed repeated attempts to work with the Ursu University Students Union during the past few months to address financial concerns and governance.

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“Unfortunately, Ursu did not take the steps that the university recommended to improve and address these matters,” Kishin wrote. “As a result, the university has lost confidence in the ability of Uros to service and representing university students.”

Us and collects student fees on behalf of URSU, which provides students with students such as health, dental and transit.

According to Kashin, the university raised issues with the Federation after reviewing its valuable financial data for 2024.

Orosu addressed the situation in the social media post on Wednesday.

“Orosi has participated in the discussion with the University of Regina on strategies to solve these issues and we are aware of the legitimacy of their fears,” says The Post. “Our hope was and still negotiating a decision with the University of Regina to restore confidence to the student’s body and our campus partners while ensuring the independence of students’ governance. We are still verifying our options to respond to the notice and we have no comment at this time. ”

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Restriction of a growing deficit

Kexhen said the decision to end the professional agreement was not taken lightly.

“We appreciate and respect the independence of student societies,” he wrote. “The university is still committed to working in good faith with the Student Union, which clarifies a commitment to good governance and sound financial management.”

According to the financial data available to the public, Ursu has been in a deficit position since 2022, as it increased on an annual basis. The latest audited financial statements in the Federation show a deficit of $ 1.36 million as of 2024.

Quality said in his e -mail that the basic students’ services will continue in the fall of 2025, “as he will do the collection of student fees that finance these services.” He pointed out that the agreements necessary to do this will be placed in the coming months.

“We realize that the steps are taken by the members of the Urosi students, which may lead to changes on how to represent students’ views at Regeina University, “Kishin wrote. “It is important that this process is driven by students and we hope that this will lead to a sustainable path forward to an effective and accountable acting organization.”

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Public conflicts

This is the latest in a series of general conflicts that involve the Student Union. Oroos and the U -R Center for Women It was in contradiction since December, when the Executive Director of the Women’s Center spoke Referendum It was passed by the URSU Board of Directors to consider stopping the fees of students collected to finance the center.

Since then, the referendum has been stopped, but claims have been searched by the Ursu that the Women’s Center has not complied with the service agreement. The center denies this claim.

In early March, the Braid Center for Sexual and Sexual Diversity said that he had not received any student fees for the past year from Oru, which exposes the center’s ability to keep its doors open in the future.

The suspension is believed to be part of the conflict Not compliance with you, Pride Through the service and support agreement, which the center has been trying to resolve since last January.

UR PRIDE filed a legal lawsuit against Uru to obtain these fees in the Regeina Court from the King’s seat in February.

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– With files from Larissa Corses

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