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GradCOLA protests against the student funding crisis at SFU

By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer  On December 12, 2022, the SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) and Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) organized a noise demonstration in response to the funding crisis that many students across North America face. Most graduate students rely on the income they receive from teaching or departmental scholarships. The precarious nature of these jobs does not offer stability to the many graduates paying off student loans. According to Statistics Canada, roughly half of graduate students have student debt upon their graduations. The Canadian Federation of Students reported in 2019 the average debt for bachelor’s and master’s…

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