post-secondary education

BC students rally to demand tuition freeze

By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer On April 14, 2022, students and workers from UBC, UVIC, and SFU participated in a rally to put a stop to tuition increases. The protest, organized by Tuition Freeze Now (TFN), started outside Metrotown skytrain station and proceeded to the Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training’s office on Nelson Avenue in Deer Lake, Burnaby. According to TFN’s press release, the group’s main concern is that BC universities have become “a place for the rich, and not the working class.”  The Peak spoke to Sude Guvendik, president of the International Students Advocacy Group, to learn…

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