student funding

A student is in a booth, running their hand over their forehead. A laptop is open in front of them, decorated with stickers. They look stressed about broad circumstance, which is not helped by whatever they’re seeing on-screen.
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SFU’s financial aid falls short of helping international students

Peak Web February 28, 2022

By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer University is very freaking expensive. As an international fourth-year Arts and Social Sciences student, I pay between $12,000 to $13,000 every semester. That’s a large sum of money. The stress of every tuition deadline starts wreaking havoc in most middle-class homes once enrollment dates are out. Amidst all the tension, bursary applications open up, and the students are reminded of the financial restraints of university life. Despite reverently applying for bursaries and grants, do they help much? As an international student, not really.  Bursary applications are due in the last month of every semester, right…

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Four things I’m spending my student bursary on

Humour March 14, 2021

By: Alex Masse, Staff Writer Well, we got our bursaries, I guess. And if you’re anything like most of the student populace, your tuition was paid long ago, or you’re still in the process of selling your spleen and/or your…

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Canada announces funding to assist post-secondary students during COVID-19 pandemic

News May 10, 2020

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer On April 22, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) action plan to provide approximately $9 billion to domestic post-secondary students during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the months of May…

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