Explore the pressing issue of food insecurity among graduate students at Queen’s University as PSAC 901 urges alumnus Stephen Smith, who recently donated $100 million to engineering education, to contribute $500,000 to the exhausted Emergency Food Support Fund.
The information was made public to An Clachan tenants on Nov. 23. The updates include new lease renewal limits, rent increases, and other changes, according to an email sent to An Clachan residents which was obtained by The Journal.
In 1981, the first Canadian food bank opened in Edmonton. The idea behind food banks at the time was to provide a temporary charitable relief as Canadians struggled through a recession. Forty-two years later, economic crises still reinforce food banks as community fixtures of dependence in need of donations and volunteers.
Following the success of federal Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) workers strike last month, PSAC 901 feels excited to enter discussions with the University about wage increases for graduate student workers.