Point/Counterpoint: Budget cuts
Point: Unsustainable spending has made budget cuts necessary Over the course of the last few months there has been a rising chorus of voices calling…
student finance
Who’s representing you?
Last week I wrote an article for the Manitoban detailing an ongoing dispute between UMSU and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) over fees being…
Student email addresses leaked
Late last month, Manitoba Student Aid (MSA), a provincial government program which lends money to post-secondary students, accidentally released over 700 student email addresses to…
A student’s guide to personal finance
When you’re drowning in textbooks and preoccupied with new ideas, new classes, and new friends, financial planning is probably the last thing on your mind….
Student loans: the less you have, the more you have to pay
Bilan Arte Canada currently uses provincial and federal student loans as a way to increase the accessibility of our post-secondary education system. The idea is…
Tuition fees soaring
The cost of post-secondary education in Canada has more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
Lift the weight off student debt
Student debt adds to the enormous pressure already felt by university students. The average student who utilizes student loan services will graduate with a debt…
Quebec protestors are no heroes
What we talk about when we’re talking about entitlement
Montreal student protests amplified as classes commence
Classes were suspended in Montreal due to increased student protests on Aug. 27. There were 47 cancelled classes at the Université de Montréal after tension…
Why the protests in Montreal are important
There is already plenty of anger over how Occupy protestors were dealt with last year, as well as actions by police at the G20 summit in Toronto.