Dalhousie Student Union
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| Institution | Dalhousie University |
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| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Established | 1863 |
| President | Amina Abawajy |
| Vice presidents | Alex Hughes (Internal), Chantal Khoury (Finance and Operations), Masuma Khan (Academic and External), Cory Larsen (Student Life) |
| Members | 18,354 (Students of Dalhousie University) |
| Website | www |
The Dalhousie Student Union is the official representative of students at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On November 10, 1869 students accepted ownership of the Dalhousie Gazette from the founding editors.
A referendum was held February 18–19, 1960, regarding the question of a Student Union Building being built on campus. 90.2% of voters backed the idea. 83.2% of students turned out to vote.
On November 8, 1968, the Student Union Building was opened. The cost of the building eventually was $3,700,000. The construction of the building was made possible in part by the province of Nova Scotia, which granted a loan of $2,766,600 to the Student Union. The SUB loan was retired in 1982.
The CRTC approved student-operated campus radio station CKDU’s application for an FM broadcasting license in October 1984. The station’s first broadcast was Friday, February 1, 1985, at 3:30 p.m.
The Dalhousie Student Union was a founding member of the Canadian Federation of Students in 1981, but withdrew its membership in 1994. In that same year it became a founding member of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations.
In 2003 the DSU helped found the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations, later named Students Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia's provincial student advocacy group. On Friday February 27, 2015, the DSU council voted on and subsequently passed a motion to remove its membership from Students Nova Scotia.
The DSU is run by a council consisting of members elected by either the student body directly in open elections, or appointed by certain student societies. The council meets every two weeks during the school year, and monthly during the summer. Council has the ability to approve budgets and expenditures on behalf of the student body.
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