On behalf of the NCRA/ANREC board of directors I would like to invite you to attend the 2019 Annual General Meeting, to be held on Wed, June 5, from 1:00 pm to 3:30pm at Ryerson University (room to be announced) as well as online using the AGMeeting app.

Members will vote on a 2021 conference host at this year’s AGM. If your station would like to host the conference please check out this document or call staff for more information. Your station must submit an expression of interest to the NCRA/ANREC Executive Director Barry Rooke (barry@ncra.ca) by May 15th, 2019 and staff will work with you to make sure your application meets the requirements of hosting the conference before presenting it to membership.

-April 3, 2019-  Campus radio stations across Ontario have issued urgent appeals for student and community support in response to the Ford government’s “Student Choice Initiative,” which will decimate student funding for campus activities and result in less choice for students. More than 3,000 Ontarians have already responded by signing petitions supporting campus radio as an essential community service and urging the government to reconsider its position. [Click for more]

-March 5, 2019- Campus radio stations and newspapers may have to shut off the radio and turn off the printing presses if Ford’s proposal to change student funding goes ahead without amendment. 

Campus radio stations across Ontario have jointly issued an urgent appeal after the release last month of the provincial Conservative policy to decimate student funding for campus activities. The policy, ironically named the Student Choice Initiative,  will reverse democratic student referendums wherein students voted to fund services on campus- including newspapers and radio...[Click for more] 

January 30th, 2019.    Earlier this month the Ontario government announced changes to the postsecondary education financial framework, including an opt-out option for ancillary fees. [Click for more]