University of Regina non-profits facing uncertainty following students’ union proposal [Video]

The future of three non-profit organizations at the University of Regina (U of R) is uncertain following a proposal by the students’ union (URSU).

URSU’s board passed three motions in a meeting on Sept. 13 to hold a referendum on whether it should continue collecting fees from students to support The Women’s Centre, the UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, and the Regina chapter of Engineering Without Borders

Executive Director of the Women’s Centre Jill Arnott is calling the proposal a “targeted attack.”

“It’s tone deaf,” she told CTV News Friday. “People come to the places they come to because that’s where they’re comfortable.”

All three entities are non-profit organizations – which are not overseen by either the university or the students’ union – but do receive funding from student fees collected by URSU.

According to the Women’s Centre, which has operated for 56 years, and UR Pride, …