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The double life lived by student sex workers

EIC May 24, 2016

As Ava* embarks on the first semester of her master’s program, she is relieved that the admissions committee at her graduate school didn’t find out about one of her part-time jobs. The University of Calgary environmental sciences student dabbled in a variety of work during her undergraduate studies, but by far her most lucrative gig was sex work. For three months, Ava met with clients she contacted through the popular dating and escort website, Seeking Arrangements, to go on dates and sometimes have sex before collecting payment for her services. “I paid for a year and a half of tuition,”…

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Scrap the tuition fees; education is a right

EIC March 9, 2015

[caption id="attachment_935" align="alignnone" width="940"] Image Credit: Andrew Moss (Flickr)[/caption] I’ll let you know right off the bat that I’m currently $25,000 in student debt. With another two years of post-secondary education on the horizon, I estimate I’ll be at over…

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Notes from this month’s Board of Governors’ meeting

EIC January 31, 2015

SFU’s 50th Anniversary campaign As of December 31, 2014, SFU has raised $12,899,324 for their 50th Anniversary Campaign, which will mark SFU’s 50th birthday this September. The ultimate fundraising goal is $250 million. The organizing committee continues to plan myriad…

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SFU community consultations address budget cuts

EIC October 13, 2014

SFU administrators held a community consultation last Wednesday in the SFU Theatre concerning the university’s budget for the 2015/2016 year. SFU president Andrew Petter explained the challenges the university is facing: “Government decided to cut budgets for post-secondary institutions a…

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University Briefs

EIC September 22, 2014

Costs of Canadian universities to rise over the next four years School fees at Canadian universities are projected to increase by a university average of 13 per cent from $6,886 this fall to $7,755 over the next four years, according…

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BMO finds half of Canadian parents pay children’s tuition

EIC September 8, 2014

A recent Bank of Montreal (BMO) study claims that almost half of Canadian parents expect to pay for all or most of their children’s post-secondary education. The survey included 1,000 parents from coast to coast, who were questioned regarding the…

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