On May 27th, 2020, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29 year old Afro-Indigenous woman died during an interaction with six Toronto Police Services (TPS) officers. On August 26th, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) released a report claiming that there were no reasonable...
As students return to classes this week under unprecedented circumstances, they see an urgent need to re-imagine our post-secondary education system. Post-secondary students are returning to (primarily virtual) classes after a summer of job insecurity, inadequate...
In March 2020, as COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, daily life was forced to change. For post-secondary institutions this meant shutting down campuses and moving in-person classes online. Administrations pushed for the shift from in-person to online classes to...
Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) applications for the 2020-2021 academic year opened on May 20. The application now requires students to complete a mandatory “information module” that purports to highlight financial literacy. Students are disappointed in this...
High tuition fees and mounting student debt put students in financially precarious situations that are only exacerbated in times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, students welcome the Ontario Government’s initiative to join the Federal Government in...
