URSU settles with UR Pride over withheld fees

URSU and UR Pride have settled a legal dispute over student fees, ending all claims with a $225,000 agreement.

A lawsuit between the UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity and the former University of Regina Students’ Union (URSU) has been settled.

URSU has agreed to pay UR Pride $225,000, ending a lawsuit that UR Pride launched over withheld fees, according to court documents.

UR Pride filed a statement to Regina’s Court of King’s Bench in February 2025.

The independent non-profit said URSU had withheld at least $168,083.75 of funding specifically authorized by and collected from U of R students on behalf of UR Pride.

“URSU has lacked any legal basis for failing to pay the Withheld Levy to UR Pride since December 30, 2024,” UR Pride’s submission of facts read.

The group, which is located on the university’s main campus, added that it continued its programming despite URSU’s failure to remit its owed funds.

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A submission from URSU’s legal counsel states that UR Pride did not comply with the requirements of the Service Agreement between it and URSU for “several years,” though it added that might have changed in the few months leading up to the lawsuit.

“To assess this situation will require scrutiny in the normal course of a litigation, especially as it pertains to the past historical failure of URP to be in compliance with its Service Agreement,” read URSU’s 2025 submission.

URSU has provided the court $107,500 to hold in trust which has been given to the plaintiff, plus $585.68 in interest.

Any additional payments will be made through a third party.

As per the settlement’s terms, both parties have been released from “all manner of actions, causes of action, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever” regarding this issue except for a situation where the defendant has entered liquidation and the plaintiff wishes to claim unpaid amounts.

The settlement also states that no party involved is admitting to any fault, wrongdoing or liability of any kind.

The former student union is embroiled in several different lawsuits and has recently been ordered to pay at least $77,000 in a wrongful termination suit with one of its former employees.