History
Since its founding in 1967, the organization has been highly politicized. Main campaigns have centered around opposing tuition fee increases and increasing student financial assistance. In addition, the Society has also campaigned for student-dominated university decision-making, academic freedom, improved student services, social democracy, women's rights, gay rights, First Nations, the disabled, and international students. The SFSS' membership in the Canadian Federation of Students has been an enormously controversial, and has been debated in almost every SFSS election to date.
After a long and highly publicized legal battle, in 2011 the students voted at referendum to leave the CFS and re-allocate the mandatory fees back into the SFSS to provide students with more services.
In 2005, members voted in favour of a graduate health and dental plan. The Student Society began providing health and dental plan services to graduate students in September 2005.
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