The Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations (ANSSA) was the largest post-secondary student advocacy group in

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, Canada and the largest student organization in the

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. In 2012 it was renamed

Students Nova Scotia Students Nova Scotia (Students NS), formerly known as the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations (ANSSA), is an alliance of some Nova Scotia post-secondary student associations. Its stated aim is to give students a voice in Nova Scotia wi ...

. The organization historically represented 80-87% of the province's university students. It worked towards improved funding for education in Nova Scotia and the elimination of real and perceived financial barriers for university students. ANSSA's member organizations were the Dalhousie Student Union, the

Acadia Students' Union The Acadia Students' Union represents the undergraduate students at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. They are a member of the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations (CASA) and StudentsNS (formerly ANSSA). History The Ac ...

, the Atlantic School of Theology Students' Union, the St. Francis Xavier University Students' Union, the Saint Mary's University Students' Association, and the Cape Breton University Student Union.

Formation

In 2003 the

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(NSSAC) collapsed as a result of ideological differences between the

Canadian Federation of Students The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is a student organization in Canada, representing over 530,000 students from across Canada. Formed in 1981, the stated goal of the Federation is to represent the collective voice of Canadian students a ...

and

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) is a federally focused student advocacy organization. CASA currently has 24 members, who represent over 275,000 students from across Canada. With a formal partnership with the Quebec Student U ...

schools within the organization. Schools who were members of the CFS largely remained affiliated with that group's provincial wing, but the DSU, ASU, STFXSU, and SMUSA—as members of CASA—were left without a provincial lobby group. Talks between those schools led to the establishment of ANSSA in April 2004. SMUSA entered the alliance until that fall, following a successful referendum and the ASTSU that same year. CBUSU joined in 2009 after voting to leave the CFS. Canadian Federation of Students#Membership disputes In August 2012, ANSSA's board of directors voted to change their name as part of a series of larger governance reforms, and alongside an expansion of the organization's research and engagement capacities. The organization took on the new name,

References

External links

Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alliance Of Nova Scotia Student Associations Students' associations in Canada Educational organizations based in Nova Scotia Groups of students' unions 2003 establishments in Nova Scotia