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Ontario colleges will have to put all the money they are saving during the faculty strike into a fund to help students who are being hurt by it, says Deb Matthews, the minister for Advanced Education and Skills Development.
“Students have been in the middle of this strike for too long and it’s just not fair,” she said in a statement released Friday.
The strike by 12,000 professors, instructors, librarians and counsellors at Ontario colleges is nearing the end of its fourth week.
“While every student’s situation is unique, all students are struggling with continued uncertainty,” said the statement. “They are worried about how to pay for unexpected costs like additional rent or cancelling long-standing travel plans to be home with family. They’ve told me they are stressed about when they will be able to complete their studies or if there will be any extra help when classes finally resume.”
Colleges will have to establish a “dedicated fund” to support students. The ministry will work with the colleges to determine how that would work.
Matthews said she has met with student leaders from the College Student Alliance for advice. “I’m looking for the best ideas about how to make sure this reinvestment directly benefits students who have faced hardship.”
It’s unclear if the fund would also be used to reimburse tuition fees. About 131,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that students be reimbursed tuition for each day of cancelled classes.
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“Students have been in the middle of this strike for too long and it’s just not fair,” she said in a statement released Friday.
The strike by 12,000 professors, instructors, librarians and counsellors at Ontario colleges is nearing the end of its fourth week.
“While every student’s situation is unique, all students are struggling with continued uncertainty,” said the statement. “They are worried about how to pay for unexpected costs like additional rent or cancelling long-standing travel plans to be home with family. They’ve told me they are stressed about when they will be able to complete their studies or if there will be any extra help when classes finally resume.”
Colleges will have to establish a “dedicated fund” to support students. The ministry will work with the colleges to determine how that would work.
Matthews said she has met with student leaders from the College Student Alliance for advice. “I’m looking for the best ideas about how to make sure this reinvestment directly benefits students who have faced hardship.”
It’s unclear if the fund would also be used to reimburse tuition fees. About 131,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that students be reimbursed tuition for each day of cancelled classes.
jmiller@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JacquieAMiller
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