NORA LORETO The Ontario Liberal promise to make post-secondary education free for low-income students in 2017 has blown up my social media feeds. After more than a decade of fees, debt, despair, exploding class sizes, sadness and anger, a little hope has fuelled a lot of praise. The Ontario Liberals have ushered in the most regressive…
Student activists call on South African government to provide free education
Robert Smol In August, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals moved to solidify the unprecedented support they’d been getting from Canada’s veterans with the promise that a Liberal government would — in Trudeau’s words — “cover the cost of four years of post-secondary education for every veteran who wants one”, and that this education would be “fully-funded”. Admittedly,…
Government plans to increase flexibility for students using financial aid
B.C. minimum wage workers, currently paid below the poverty line, call a $0.20 increase ‘infuriating’
The new $500 deposit fee is too much to pay three months prior to the start of the school year
The new $500 deposit fee will become effective for domestic student in September
Faced with increasing tuition and loan debts, students are working while in school
Students have said enough is enough,” said Alastair Woods, chairperson for the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario (CFS-O), in June about high tuition fees. The federation of 350,000 students in Ontario is prepared to continue to pressure the government to make their concerns a priority. This December will mark 48 years since the Canadian government signed…
Hi, I’m a student in GBC and I read the article, “GBC cuts tuition fee for international students”.
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.
Students from low-income households least likely to benefit from tax credits
