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Chilled by fee hikes, students take to the streets
November 7th, 2009 | 
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Written by Greg Beneteau from thecannon.ca
Braving poor weather, Guelph students converged downtown to demand increased funding for post-secondary education in Ontario.
About a hundred students from the University of Guelph and local high schools converged on St. George’s Square as part of the November 5th Day of Action, a nationwide campaign organized by the Canadian Federation of Students.
Organizers hoped to draw attention to the increasing cost of attending university in Ontario. The province is ranked last in per-capita university funding and was rerecently recognized as having the highest tuition fees in the country, according to Statistics Canada.
“For us, that is unacceptable,” said Momina Mir, External Commissioner of the Central Student Association at U of G. “That one of the wealthiest provinces in the country could be last in funding post-secondary education defies belief.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Students Protest Rising Tuition Fees
Tony Saxon/Guelph Mercury
Thanks to everyone who came out and participated in the Drop Fees rally on Nov 5th.
Posted below is the article from the Guelph Mercury covering the event.
Students protest high tuition fees
By Thana Dharmarajah, Guelph Mercury, Nov 6, 2009
Leandra Correale expects to graduate with a debt of $38,000.
The 23-year-old biological science student has worked nearly every summer while attending the University of Guelph, but it hasn’t helped very much.
“You can tangibly see that it’s not paying for a better education,” Correale said, about the high tuition fees she’s paying while watching cuts to programs.
Ontario’s university tuition fees are the second highest in the country, nearly $1,000 over the national average.
