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OUSA gives the Ontario government its two cents on a new tuition framework Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR n the wake of a new tuition rebate from the provincial government, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance is setting its sights on flat fee and tuition regulation as part of an updated tuition framework. The alliance submitted a report titled “Tomorrow’s Tuition: A New Framework For Affordable Education” to the Ontario Government just six days after Minister of Education and Training Glenn Murray appeared in the University of Windsor’s CAW Student Centre. According to the paper, which made recommendations for a new...
Stephen Hargreaves NEWS EDITOR crowd of about 200 students, faculty and members of campus union groups took to the street this morning at 11:30 a.m. for a rally and march against high tuition fees as part of the National day of Action. Organization of Part-time University Students member and event co-organizer Vajo Stajic, lead the crowd in chants of, “Education is a right, we will not give up the fight.” Mohammad Akbar, University of Windsor Students’ Alliance Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences representative, motivated the growing collective with, “Students are under attack. What do we do? Unite and fight...
Students march against under-funded post-secondary education in Canada Stephen Hargreaves NEWS EDITOR niversity students across the country are mobilizing in opposition to the underfunding of post-secondary education as part of for the National Day of Action on Feb. 1. “Universities have been under-funded since the 1990s,” said event co-organizer Vajo Stajic, the education and advocacy co-ordinator for the Organization of Part-time University Students. “We need to pressure both the provincial and federal governments to make education a priority. Students can no longer stand by and let tuition fees rise and rise. Post-secondary education needs to be accessible for all.” “The...
Liberals offer $1,600 yearly over freeze Stephen Hargreaves NEWS EDITOR he provincial Liberal campaign promise of a 30 per cent tuition break will be in place by January, said Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, Glen Murray. Qualifying students, presently enrolled in full-time study, will receive grant checks of $800 in January to relieve the cost of the winter semester, and $1,600 per academic year will be automatically deducted from tuition beginning in September 2012. The minority Liberals opted for a student grant model over a proposed tuition freeze supported by NDP leader Andrea Horwath. “If you do a tuition...