Anqi Shen Canadian University Press HAMILTON (CUP) — The Ontario government has launched an online database providing centralized course-to-course information for post-secondary students looking to transfer credits.
Anqi Shen Canadian University Press HAMILTON (CUP) — The Ontario Liberals announced on Jan. 20 that they are extending the ‘30 per cent off’ tuition grant eligibility to cover about 5,000 more students. Co-op students in their final year of a five-year program and students in private post-secondary institutions who qualify for the Ontario Student…
Anqi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — A bill tabled just before the start of 2014 outlines potential protections for co-op students and unpaid interns in Ontario.
Current system called a ‘hodge-podge’ of technology
Anqi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities has announced a new set of tuition billing regulations that will begin taking effect in the 2014–15 academic year. The changes are expected to be fully implemented by 2016.
Anqi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — Several student unions in Ontario have joined the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $14. Anti-poverty groups proposed the minimum wage hike in March this year as part of their ‘Fair Wages Now’ campaign.
Students from low-income households least likely to benefit from tax credits
Anqi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — Ontario legislation that protects workers against unsafe working conditions does not cover unpaid interns, according to a Ministry of Labour briefing that has recently surfaced. The confidential memo, dated March 27, 2013 and discovered by the Toronto Star, explains that the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA)…
Anqi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — A private member’s bill has been tabled in the House of Commons to clarify the rules around unpaid internships and explore pension options for urban workers. Andrew Cash, federal MP for the Toronto-area constituency of Davenport, introduced Bill C-542 in the House of Commons for consideration….
The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is set to implement big changes to Ontario’s post-secondary education sector over the next six months Angi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MCTU) is set to implement big changes to Ontario’s post-secondary education sector over the next six months….
The two were detained in effort to get to Gaza hospital Anqi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — Two Canadian professors, Tarek Loubani and John Greyson, are waiting to be released from a Cairo prison, where they have been held for more than two weeks without formal charges being laid. Their detainment has…
