Western Students Voice Concerns Over OSAP Changes and Rising Tuition

Ontario students holding provincewide walkouts to protest OSAP funding cuts. Here is where upcoming rallies are happening

Major rallies include Queen's Park on March 4 and high school walkouts on March 11 and 13.

Western students voice concerns Over OSAP changes and rising tuition

Western University students expressed their disappointment Sunday afternoon, over Ontario’s cuts to OSAP grants, as the province also lifted a long-standing tuition fee freeze.

Post-secondary students push back amid Ontario's OSAP overhaul

Cuts to grants delivered by Ontario’s student loan program will have devastating results on the province’s post-secondary students, local students say.

Students in Waterloo region 'discouraged' by cuts to OSAP

Ontario is cutting OSAP grants to 25 per cent of student aid and increasing loans to 75 per cent, a shift that is raising concerns about rising debt. Students say the changes could make post-secondary education less affordable and force some to reconsider their plans.

Here’s what Carleton students need to know about OSAP grant reductions

Carleton students will encounter sweeping changes to their OSAP benefits next school year.  Last month, the provincial government announced that maximum OSAP grants will decrease from 85 per cent to 25 per cent for eligible students.  This means a student who pays $10,000 in tuition and qualifies for the maximum OSAP grant will receive $8,500 […] The post Here’s what Carleton students need to know about OSAP grant reductions appeared first on Th…

‘It’s All of Us or None of Us’: Ontario Student Groups Prepare Action Plan In Response to OSAP Cuts

Organizers are hoping to channel the province’s students into a series of measures to reverse the recent changes to tuition loan frameworks.