Undergraduates of Canadian Research Intensive Universities

Undergraduates of Canadian Research Intensive Universities
Abbreviation	UCRU
Formation	2017
Location	Ottawa, Canada.;
Region	Canada
Chair	Katie Georgia Traynor (WUSA)
Vice-Chair & Director of Operations	Tina Tong (AMS)
Director of Policy	Abigail Samuels (MSU)
Affiliations	U15, CASA, Student Mental Health Canada
Website	undergraduatescru.wixsite.com/ucru

The Undergraduates of Canadian Research Intensive Universities (UCRU) is an alliance of students' unions in Canada.^[1] Their common objective is to protect the interests and advocate on behalf of over 240,000 undergraduate university students from Canada's largest research intensive universities (U15), and to provide research and recommendations to the government on how to improve post-secondary education in Canada.^[2] The UCRU began as an informal association called ADVOCAN, and was formalized and rebranded in late 2017.

Membership

The nine member associations^[3] of the UCRU are:

Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) – University of Waterloo
Western University’s Student Council (USC) – Western University
McMaster Students Union (MSU) – McMaster University
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) – Queen's University
University of Toronto Student Union (UTSU) – University of Toronto
The Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver (AMS-UBC) – University of British Columbia
University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union (USSU) – University of Saskatchewan
Student's Society of McGill University (SSMU) -- McGill University
The University of Ottawa's Students' Union (UOSU) - University of Ottawa

Advocacy Topics

Indigenous Students^[4]
International Students^[5]
Canada Federal Student Loans Program^[1]
Undergraduate Research Funding^[6]

Advocacy 2024 Topics

Housing
Student Financial Aid
Mental Health

External links

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