SCPA wants to join ASSÉ student union group

The School of Community and Public Affairs may be Concordia’s first Anglophone undergraduate student association to join the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante if their membership is approved by ASSÉ in April.

According to The Link, from the 38 percent of students that voted in the SCPA’s general elections last week, 71 percent were in favour of joining ASSÉ.  

Executive secretary Anthony Garoufalis-Auger stated that the policy research SCPA students do for their classes could be of use in ASSÉ. 

While McGill’s Art History and Communication Studies Graduate Student Association is the currently the only Anglophone member of ASSÉ, ASSÉ has been accused of discrimination towards non-francophone students. The SCPA association believes they can help ASSÉ change that image. 

The CSU ended their relationship with ASSÉ in 2004 when they voted at a by-election to stop paying membership fees to the activist group.

STORY WRITTEN BY: NIKITA SMITH