DSU special GENERAL MEETING 

Thursday, March 12, 2026 | 6PM
McInnes Room (2nd floor of Student Union Building) 

What is a Special General Meeting?
A Special General Meeting is a general meeting of the Members that considers business other than the business outlined in Section 8.6 of the DSU Bylaws.

Why is DSU holding a
Special General Meeting?

A student petition signed by 305 Dalhousie Students was brought to council to Call for a Special General Meeting to Vote on Joining the Provincial Student Strike 

A Special General Meeting scan be called by the Chair when they have received a petition signed by at least 1 per cent of the Members that calls for such Special General Meeting and includes the specific resolutions to be considered at the meeting. Similar to the AGM, Students will attend to vote on one particular motion.

DAL Strike Motion 

Student Petition to Call for a Special General Meeting
to Vote on Joining the Provincial Student Strike 

“Whereas all people have the right to education, in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and; 

Whereas tuition is a limitation on the right of all people to access education throughout Canada, and; Whereas rising costs of living have reached a crisis point, and tuition prices continue to increase across Nova Scotia, and; 

Whereas Dalhousie students have participated in issue-based collective actions and protest encampments on campus, including demonstrations for global justice and institutional accountability, and; 

Whereas Dalhousie students have shown solidarity with campus labour actions and collective rallies in support of faculty and academic workers; 

Whereas student strike action has occurred historically in Canada and internationally as a method of collective student action in response to issues of access and affordability in education, and; 

Whereas at their 2025 Provincial General Meeting, the Canadian Federation of Students – Nova Scotia passed a resolution for a one-week provincial general student strike for the week of March 15–21, 2026, therefore; 

Be it resolved that the Dalhousie Student Union actively pursue a one-week student strike campaign, consistent with the provincially coordinated timeline and unified provincial demands, and; 

Be it further resolved that the Dalhousie student strike be a one-week general student strike from March 15th to March 21st, 2026, and; 

Be it further resolved that the Dalhousie Student Strike Campaign will include and publicize two (2) demands associated with the strike, and; 

Be it further resolved that the first demand be for Affordable Tuition at Dalhousie University, defined as: 

1. Standardization: the abolition of differential tuition fees for international and out-of-province students, and the end to the federal cap on the number of international students, to be made possible by increased government funding, and; 

2. Affordability: an immediate 20% decrease to all tuition fees for all students at Dalhousie University, to be made possible by increased government funding, and; 26 

Be it further resolved that the second demand be for Divestment, defined as divestment by Dalhousie University from: 

1. all weapons manufacturing or armament-producing entities; 

2. all entities directly involved in the production of fossil fuels; 

3. all entities which directly or indirectly support genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, including but not limited to those supporting current genocides and crises in Palestine, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan; and 

4. all entities which directly profit from the exploitation of resources on sovereign Indigenous land without the free, prior, and informed consent of the Indigenous peoples with ancestral ties to that land, or that otherwise violate treaties between colonial governments and Indigenous peoples, and; 

Be it further resolved that any student strike campaign prioritize the safety, legal protection, and inclusion of international students, graduate students, and other students who may face disproportionate academic, legal, or financial risk as a result of strike participation, and; 

Be it further resolved that all reasonable efforts be made by the Dalhousie Student Union to pursue negotiation, advocacy, and political pressure on Dalhousie University and the Provincial Government prior to March 2026 in order to secure these demands and eliminate the need for a general student strike, and; 

Be it further resolved that all possible steps be taken by the Dalhousie Student Union to attempt to persuade the Provincial Government and Dalhousie University to make the necessary changes to meet the demands of Affordable Tuition “