At its May 20, 2026, Board of Directors meeting, the Graduate Students’ Union passed a motion formally requesting that the debts owed to CFS-NL and CFS-National be forgiven without prejudice through the proper means available to CFS, such as plenary debt sessions.
The motion stated that the CFS did not take immediate action to intervene during periods of suspected financial mismanagement to prevent the further deterioration of the GSU’s financial situation and that present and future generations of graduate students will suffer disproportionately due to this inaction. According to the GSU’s May 20, 2026, meeting minutes, the motion passed with 10 votes in favour, 0 votes against, and 1 abstention.
Another motion stated that, in the event the debt is forgiven, all funding retained from the forgiven debt plan will be reallocated to Campus Life and Academic events to improve independence from Memorial University, claiming that the School of Graduate Studies currently “holds an increasingly prevalent influence” on the GSU, not limited to funding $30,000 in academic and campus events with conditions. This motion passed with 11 votes in favour, 0 against, and 2 abstentions.
View the motion below:
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