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Nipissing University Student Union
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The Nipissing University Student Union represents undergraduate students at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario & Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Canadian Federation of Students. Along with the Canadore Students' Representative Council, the Student Union is the joint owner and operator of the student centre at Canadore College.
Background
Internal power struggle
In November 2006, Kyle Marsh, president of the Student Union at the time, was ousted from office as a result of a vote by the Student Union's executive. The decisive vote in a 3-2 decision, removing the president from power, was cast by Todd Fearnley, the general manager and a non-elected employee of the Student Union. On November 29, the then-Ryerson Students' Union vice-president of education, Nora Loreto, wrote a letter stating:
In reaction to this, Todd Fearnley filed a lawsuit against Nora Loreto, Kyle Marsh, the then Nipissing Student Union vice-president external Kyra Knapp, the Canadian Federation of Students and Ryerson Students' Union, alleging that in protest of Marsh ousting, Loreto, Marsh, and Knapp began a "campaign specifically targeting Fearnley and contending that he has acted improperly, illegally and without authority" as well as alleging that the three "planned and collaborated amongst themselves to initiate a campaign, in the public forum, designed to damage and defame Fearnley".
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