The BC Federation of Students offers a number of programs and services to meet the unique needs of students, and to help students and member students’ unions save money. Below are just a few of the great services provided to students like you.

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Pharmacy Alliance

Save on your all your over-the-counter medicines, and personal wellness needs. Alliance Pharmacy is a leader in providing innovative pharmacy care, with roots in pharmacy dating back more than 50 years. As pioneers of the central dispensing model, they believe in prioritizing customer care as well as patient health. Through cost-saving measures and time-saving services they are bringing a better pharmacy experience to people all across the country.

ISIC holders, or members of the BC Federation of Students helath plans, can use the code ‘CFSBC10’ to receive 10% off your entire purchase (excluding insulin, and prescriptions). Free shipping is offered on all purchases over $29.00, and will shipped to you in three days or less.

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Health and Dental

The BC Federation of students helps operate health and dental plans at campuses across British Columbia to ensure students have access to high quality and affordable health and dental coverage.

The Federation works with Green Shield Canada, Canada’s leading not-for-profit insurance provider to provide students coverage on prescription drugs, dental, paramedical services, vision care, among other things.

Want more information about your plan? Visit the participating student union’s websites:

Selkirk College Students’ Union
College of New Caledonia Students’ Union
Emily Carr Students’ Union
Okanagan College Students’ Union
Vancouver Island University Students’ Union
North Island Students’ Union
Students’ Union of Vancouver Community College

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ISIC : Your Student Discount Card

ISIC is the only internationally recognised student ID, that unlocks student discounts for 4.5 million students in 120 different countries. Students have saved thousands on travel, shopping, resturants, museums and more, worldwide.

Members of the BC Federation of Students can have their ISIC card free of charge, as a benefit of membership! The card unlocks over 580 discounts all over British Columbia, check out the current discounts offered (We should link the pdf attached).

Want to get an ISIC? Pop by your students’ union office, or fill out the form below!

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BC Bulk Purchase Network

Sustainable Sweatshop-Free Swag

Using the collective purchasing power of our almost 200,000 members, the Federation can secure low-cost, but high quality sustainable and ethical promotional materials for student unions to give away to their members for free. Together, we have save student unions in BC thousands of dollars on their bulk-purchase giveaway items.

The Federation, and it’s member locals have given out over 15,000 water bottles, 23,000 pens, 1,000 USBs, 1,500 notebooks free to our members. Want to grab some free BC Federation of Students’ Swag? Visit your students’ union or send us an email!

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Members’ Handbook and Dayplanner

Since the late 1990s, the BC Federation of Students has coordinated the Members’ Handbook and Dayplanner service, with the aim of improving the overall quality of student dayplanners and reducing the unit costs of handbooks, particularly for small member locals, through economies of scale.

The handbooks consist of a local-specific section, a section about the Federation, and a calendar and time management pages. The books are produced with full colour pages, vegetable based-ink, and high quality paper. The savings student unions have using the service has allowed for reduce advertising in handbooks.

Need a Members’ Handbook and Day Planner? Visit your students’ union, or send us an email.

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OOHLALA : Your Campus App!

The BC Federation of Students have partnered with OOHLALA mobile to produce a series of campus applications for our local students’ union. The app contains a campus wall, so you can communicate with your peers, campus information, clubs, events, campaign information, and student discounts. Everything you need to stay in the know on campus, and never miss a free food event ever again.

The application available in the app and google play store, and is free for members to download. Student Unions that are members of the Federation also get to provide the application for free. Find your application below!

University of British Columbia Students’ Union Okanagan
Selkirk College Students’ Union
College of New Caledonia Students’ Union
Douglas Students’ Union
Emily Carr Students’ Union
Okanagan College Students’ Union
Vancouver Island University Students’ Union
North Island Students’ Union
Students’ Union of Vancouver Community College
Camosun College Student Society
Northern British Columbia Graduate Student Society

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