- Target:
- University of Toronto Administration
- Region:
- Canada
- Website:
- www.apus.utoronto.ca
Whereas APUS (the Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students), has been told to vacate their NEW office at the Margaret Fletcher building (100 Devonshire Place) by December 1, 2011 for plans to build a “Centre for High Performance Sport,” of which 75% of the operating costs are expected to be paid for by students;
Whereas APUS is lobbying to preserve the Margaret Fletcher building which was built in 1909, by getting the University of Toronto administration to acknowledge it as a heritage site and withdraw its plans to demolish the building and promote conservation;
Whereas we consider the Margaret Fletcher building, attached to Woodsworth College, our permanent home! It is child-friendly, has an open meeting area, a huge front lot, a kitchen and office/programming space;
Whereas the University of Toronto administration has not offered a suitable alternative permanent space and therefore continues to undermine part-time students.
We, the undersigned, call for an immediate moratorium on the eviction of APUS from the Margaret Fletcher building, and an assurance of space permanence or suitable alternative space in accordance with our needs analysis.
We call on Woodsworth College, originally a part-time student college, to re-affirm its commitment and support the work of APUS (44% of WDW students are APUS members) by supporting our initiative of establishing family-friendly co-op housing for part-time students and securing space permanence for APUS;
We call on the University of Toronto administration to work with APUS in the best interest of part-time students and their elected representatives by supporting our vital initiatives.
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The APUS Space Permanence Now petition to University of Toronto Administration was written by Outreach and is in the category Students' Rights at GoPetition.