Fee Levy Increases:

1. Cure Concordia

“The Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) is an organization that creates undergraduate student jobs to foster collaborations between Concordians and grassroots community groups working for social change. CURE provides relevant job opportunities for students to meaningfully contribute to their communities, hosts free professional development workshops and consulting for students, and develops initiatives and resources to help our communities learn, develop and thrive.

Despite having not sought an increase since CURE’s establishment as a fee-levy organization in 2015, we now spend more each year on student jobs than we currently receive from our fee-levy. In the past decade, we have funded over $350,000 in student jobs. This year, we are funding $132,000 in student jobs. We want to do even more.

With a fee levy of $0.32 per credit, CURE will be able to:

• Continue development on free, accessible resources for students and community members, such as Estran, a project that will increase community access to healthcare; and a learning app that supports international students and other hopeful immigrants as they study for the Canadian citizenship test;
• Host more free student workshops centered on research and project development that reflects the professional needs and interests of the student body;
• Establish two new permanent employee positions to support our growing student intern teams;
• Create well-paid student intern positions for each faculty;
• And more!

Do you agree to increase the CURE Concordia fee-levy from $0.08 to $0.32 per credit (an increase of $0.24), indexed annually to inflation with the Consumer Price Index, effective Fall 2026?”

2. Queer Concordia

“Do you wish to vote in favour of Queer Concordia's first fee levy increase in over 10 years from 0.02c per credit to 0.29c per credit (indexed with inflation) so Queer Concordia may:

• Provide over $100,000 in free community resources for students; such as
• $30,000 for a student projects fund
• Make future events made free of cost to students and to have weekly events
• $10,000 in artist bursaries
• A paid full-time coordinator for organizational stability with office hours, eliminating our complete reliance on volunteers
• To take over the Concordia Queer Alumni Network
• And more”

3. Concordia Recreation and Athletics

“The Recreation and Athletics department’s goal is that our offerings are accessible and cost-effective for all students. We would like to create a stronger campus community, provide a freeze in the LeGym membership for one year, by giving students priority access to fitness and wellness programs and department-managed spaces and sporting events. As well as continue to dedicate our jobs on campus to students. Do you agree to increase the Recreation and Athletics undergraduate student fee by $1.27 per credit for the next three years (an increase from $2.92 to $4.19 per credit), annually adjusted to the Consumer Price Index of Canada, and to be implemented with registration for the Fall 2026 (2262) term in accordance with the university’s tuition refund and withdrawal policy?”

POSITIONS

4. ICE

“Preamble: Throughout 2025, there were at least 32 deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. As of mid-February 2026, there have already been 12 ICE related deaths. ICE continues to terrorize both migrant communities and US citizens alike. In December 2025, Canadian weapons manufacturer Roshel, supplied ICE with at least 20 bullet and bomb-resistant armored vehicles, a deal supported by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Montreal-based private security firm, GardaWorld, has been exposed for providing armed security at “Alligator Alcatraz, ” an ICE detention and deportation center notorious for systemic human rights violations and widely described as a concentration camp. Given the CSU’s previous political positions in solidarity with migrant communities, this position stands to reaffirm our support of migrant communities.

Question: Given the preamble on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), do you support the CSU adopting the following position?

Position: The CSU vehemently opposes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Canadian corporations that sustain its brutality.”

5. US Imperialism

“Preamble: Given that the USA has approximately 750 military bases across 80 countries and has historically been responsible for coups in foreign countries. Given that the US’s  foreign interventions have historically led to instability in many regions throughout the Global South leading to mass death and destruction. Given that such actions taken post 9/11 has resulted in the US being responsible for approximately 4.5 million deaths (940,000 people were killed by direct post-9/11 war violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan between 2001-2023 and an additional 3.6-3.8 million deaths were as a result of wars’ destruction of economies, healthcare systems, infrastructure and the environment).

Question: Given the preamble on U.S. Imperialism, do you support the CSU adopting the following position?

Position: The CSU stands in solidarity with all people targeted by U.S. state violence and their right to self govern without foreign interference. We vehemently oppose U.S. interventions across the globe.”

6. Anti-Colonial Solidarity

“Preamble: Given that Concordia stands on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka land and that Concordia is a colonial institution. Given the increase in legislation targeting Indigenous lands for extractive nation building projects. Given the role of universities in the oppression of Indigenous peoples, including McGill’s involvement in the CIA’s MKULTRA program and refusal to collaborate with the Mohawk Mothers in the investigation of unmarked graves of Indigenous children on the site of the Royal Vic Hospital. Given that the CSU has historically supported anti-colonial struggles such as the Wet’suwet’en land defender, and the Idle No More Movement, this position stands to reaffirm our support of all anti-colonial struggles.

Question on the Ballot: Given the preamble on Anti-Colonial Solidarity, do you support the CSU adopting the following positions?

Positions:

• The CSU stands in solidarity with anti-colonial struggles, Indigenous sovereignty movements, and land and water defenders across Turtle Island and beyond. This includes a recognition that Indigenous communities should have sovereignty over their lands and waters and the ability to veto resource extraction projects.
• The CSU denounces the Canadian and Quebec states as the principal actors in colonization, stemming from Western imperialism, and recognizes the fact that we are currently living on stolen and unceded territories.
• The CSU supports initiatives that, according to the communities concerned, are part of a genuine process of (re)conciliation and decolonization."

7. Intersectional Disability Justice

“Preamble: Given that most people will experience either a temporary or permanent disability at some point in their lives. Given that the COVID-19 pandemic was a mass disabling event. Given the university’s recent anti-mask rhetoric and its subsequent harm to community safety:

Question on the Ballot: Given the preamble on Intersectional Disability Justice, do you support the CSU adopting the following position?

Position: The CSU will fight for intersectional disability justice practices to be integrated into all systems, policies, and practices, as well as accessibility measures, including masking, without discrimination.”

8. Sex Work

“Preamble: Sex work is work; many students engage with sex work and are sex workers themselves. Sex workers are actively organizing within their workplaces, such as strip clubs and massage parlors, devising strategies and means of pressure and mobilization to shift the balance of power with employers. The criminalization and surveillance of the sex industry hinders the political and collective organization of sex workers; worsens their working conditions and makes them increasingly precarious. Recognizing sex work as work is the first step towards negotiating better conditions and enabling workers to enforce their rights through existing legal mechanisms;

Question on the Ballot: Given the preamble onSex Work, do you support the CSU adopting the following position?

Position: The CSU supports all initiatives by sex workers aimed at organizing for better working conditions, against criminalization, and will continue to refrain from funding anti-sex work initiatives.”

9. Housing

“Preamble: Over recent years, we have seen a rapidly inflating housing and rental market across Canada, particularly in Montreal, leading to a housing crisis which has rendered basic accommodations for most students unaffordable. Given that in the past the CSU has long supported co-operative housing initiatives through its collaborations with UTILE with the Woodnote 1 & 2 initiatives, and continues to provide services through the Housing and Job Resource Center (HOJO) and the Transitional Housing Program to support students navigating the rental market.

Question on the Ballot: Given the preamble on the Housing Crisis, do you support the CSU adopting the following positions?

Positions:

• The CSU is against and denounces gentrification and actively supports initiatives working against gentrification, including but not limited to supporting community organizations working on these issues.
• The CSU actively supports initiatives working to support unhoused communities and promotes community organizations working on these issues.
• The CSU continues prioritization of efforts being made to address student housing conditions and actively supports student cooperative housing.”

10. Artificial Intelligence

“Preamble: Large Language Models (LLMs) have been trained on the stolen work of artists without compensation or recognition, that Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers have devastating environmental impacts and that the training process for AI tools has been on biased materials, resulting in behaviour that discriminates against Black and brown people, women, and other marginalized groups. Concordia University continues to defer AI regulation in the classroom to professors, while giving professors insufficient tools or resources on how to responsibly regulate AI use in the classroom. AI is increasingly being used to replace humans in professional work to cut costs without compensating those being affected. The fault in the issues regarding AI and data centers lies with the corporations developing and training them, but that Universities directly contribute to this issue by encouraging AI use.

Question on the Ballot: Given the preamble on Artificial Intelligence, do you support the CSU adopting the following positions?

Positions:

• The CSU supports initiatives working against generative AI systems’ damage to education, cultural expressions and the environment,
• The CSU advocates for Concordia University to remain a place where students can practice and grow their professional and academic skills from professors, rather than be partially or fully replaced by AI-led teaching, and opposes the replacement of Concordia jobs and services that have been previously done by humans by AI tools.
• The CSU opposes AI training, including text and data mining, on materials created by students without their permission, and supports students’ right to refuse the use of their published work for AI training.”
• The CSU advocates against Concordia University’s efforts to bring artificial intelligence into the classroom, professional environment and research initiatives.”

11. Amendment to CSU Bylaw 7.5.8

Do you agree to amend 7.5.8 of the CSU Bylaws be amended to add the Transitional Housing Program to the Sustainability Coordinator Mandate?

The Sustainability Coordinator is responsible for the implementation of environmental and social sustainability policy for the Union. The Coordinator acts as a liaison with sustainability-related groups on campus and within the Concordia community and is responsible for supporting student sustainability initiatives. The coordinator will sit on the Sustainability Committee. The Coordinator is responsible for supervising the Transitional Housing Director and ensuring the Transitional Housing Program can fulfill its mandate to provide temporary and furnished housing for community members experiencing precarious housing situations.”

12. Amendment to CSU Bylaw 9.7.2

Do you agree with amending bylaw 9.7.2 to reduce the minimum required signatories for the petition of a fee-levy referendum question application from 3000 signatures to 1000?

9.7.2. A referendum concerning the creation, modification, or removal of a non-Student Union fee levy may only be called to be held during the Annual General Elections and the Byelections and must follow the dispositions of these Bylaws and the regulations of the Student Union. Referenda on the creation or removal of said fee-levy may be called by a petition of at least 1000 members presented to the Chairperson of the Council of Representatives alongside any other dispositions laid out in the regulations of the Student Union, ratified by the Council of Representatives a minimum of 5 days before the beginning of the campaigning period. The promoters of a petition for the calling of a referendum are responsible to come and present their petition to the Council of Representatives prior to circulating it on campus. The purpose of such a presentation is only to allow for discussion between Council and the promoters and to solicit feedback on the proposed question. The Council of Representatives shall have no decision-making power over the ability of the promoters to pursue their petition.

13. Amendment to Bylaw 7.55 and 7.56

Do you agree with amending bylaw 7.55 and 7.56 to distribute the workload better amongst the Coordinator’s mandate?

“7.5.5. The Clubs Administration Coordinator is responsible for acting as the liaison to clubs and overseeing the development of clubs services and initiatives. They are responsible for the management of clubs-related financial processes, including clubs’ budgets, as well as for overseeing the training and ongoing support of club executives. The Coordinator will sit on the Clubs and Space Committee”

7.5.6. The Loyola and Internal Affairs Coordinator is responsible for overseeing all internal operations of the Union and ensuring the Union’s presence and services at the Loyola campus. The Coordinator will act as the Secretary of the Corporation and is responsible for all corporate books of the Union. They will ensure that Loyola students’ best interests are represented within the Union and the Concordia community. The Coordinator will sit on the Loyola Committee”;