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Students at St. Anne’s high school walk out to protest cuts to OSAP
About 120 students protested the shift from 85% grants to 25% grants in OSAP, raising concerns about affordability and increased student debt, organizers said.
- On March 12, students from Owen Sound District Secondary School and St. Mary’s High School protested outside Bruce‑Grey‑Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers's office, chanting for over an hour.
- The province announced OSAP changes on Feb. 12 that take effect on Aug. 1, reducing grants from 85 to 25 percent and increasing loans to at least 75 percent of funding, citing sector sustainability.
- Organizers including Austin Edmunds, 15, rallied about 70 students from Owen Sound District Secondary School and 50 from St. Mary’s High School during the protest.
- Students report being in limbo because the new OSAP calculator has not been released, while the province says the reforms are necessary to ensure sustainability and Vickers will relay concerns to the government.
- The government says the model will inject $6.4 billion over four years, raise annual operating funding to $7 billion, end the tuition freeze, and allow 2% annual hikes for three years, reversing the 2017 policy flip.
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“We Want OSAP ASAP” Humberview Secondary School students walkout to protest OSAP slash
Following Premier Doug Ford’s recent announcement regarding cuts to grant amounts under the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), high school students across Caledon walked out on March 11 to protest
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