The College Student Alliance (CSA) is a provincial advocacy organization in Ontario that represents students attending community colleges. The alliance represents 3 colleges and 5student associations with over 39,000 student members.
Founded in 1975 as the Ontario Community College Student Parliamentary Association (OCCSPA), the College Student Alliance (CSA) is an advocacy and student leadership organization which serves Ontario's college students.
CSA's main competencies are advocacy related on behalf of its membership on all issues relating to college education including tuition, accessibility, quality and transferability. Independent of any political or organizational affiliations the CSA is dedicated to championing the needs of Ontario postsecondary students from the students' perspective.
Board of directors The board of directors are elected by the membership to oversee the organization, provide guidance and future vision. All members of the board must be current student leaders from within the membership.
The 2022–2023 board of directors are: Title Name Student associationPresidentAzi Afousi Humber College Vice president Aksnoor Singh Kamboj Humber College DirectorJasmine BatesHumber College
Staff
General Manager | David Ward Policy & Advocacy Lead | Delaney Groves Office manager | Brenda Leciuk
Presidents 2001-2002 | Thyagi DeLanerolle 2002–2003 | Jon Olinski 2003–2004 | Valerie Rothlin 2004–2005 | Justin Falconer 2005–2006 | Matt Jackson 2006–2007 | Matt Jackson 2007–2008 | Tyler Wiles 2008–2009 | Jennifer Howarth 2009–2010 | Justin Fox 2010–2011 | Justin Fox 2011–2012 | Brian Costantini 2012–2013 | Ciara Bryne 2013–2014 | Curtis Bell 2014–2015 | Matt Stewart 2015–2016 | Jeff Scherer 2016–2017 | Madison Schell 2017–2018 | Joel Willett/Aimee Calma 2018–2019 | Brittany Elizabeth Greig 2019–2021 | Tori Arnett 2021–2022 | Eli Ridder 2022–2024 | Azi Afousi
Executive directors/general managers 1993-1996 Heather Russell 1996-1999 | Cynthia Watt 1999–2001 | Tracy Boyer 2002 | Thyagi DeLanerolle 2003 | Jon Olinski 2004–2005 | Frank Cappadocia 2005 | Jon Olinski 2005–2016 | Ted Bartlett 2016–2018 | Jennifer Nguyen (Howarth) 2018–2019 | Curtis Bell 2020–2022 | Jason Baryluk 2023-Present | David Ward
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