student loans
GradCOLA protests against the student funding crisis at SFU
January 23, 2023By: 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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Ottawa’s fall budget announces new interest-free student loans
November 16, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer Low-income workers and students were offered some financial relief in a budgetary announcement from Parliament Hill, Ottawa on November 3. Federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland has proposed waiving federal student loan interest permanently. In…
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How to pay off your student loans
November 25, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor Stop spending money on coffee and invest in yourself If you’re spending $6 a day on fancy coffee, you need to stop right now. Instead, use that money to invest in something that will improve…
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BC government approves need-based grant for post-secondary students starting September 2020
March 17, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer The Government of British Columbia has announced that their 2020–21 budget will include funding for needs-based grants to assist post-secondary students with funding their education. StudentAid BC describes the grants as “needs-based, up-front, and…
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SFSS lobbies provincial government for lower student loans, open access resources, and sexual violence policies
November 28, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor In a recent lobbying trip to Victoria, student directors from the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) met with provincial government representatives to advocate for restructuring student loans, open-education resources, and a review of…
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University: draining us financially since 1965 – Part Two
May 16, 2017If you read The Peak’s article yesterday, you know that with bills stacking up, it can be hard to afford the necessities, let alone the fun stuff. While you may have heard of, or even use a lot of these…
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