http://www.ousa.ca/2010/03/08/student-experiment-highlights-deficiencies-in-financial-aid/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ousa.ca/2010/03/08/student-experiment-highlights-deficiencies-in-financial-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-828 under_funded_student Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:00:34 +0000 http://www.ousa.ca/?p=1368#comment-828 This has been an issue for some time now. Our deficiencies in financial aid have most certainly fallen on deaf ears. I enrolled in a 2yr college program that will allow me to bridge into a 3rd and 4th yr undergrad degree program. My total OSAP loan eligibility is $11,500. My entitlement was $9,651/yr. My math calculates: $804.25/mth. The food budget of $7.50/day x 7 days for a total of 210.00 leaves 595.25/mth for neccessities; rent and transit. Ontario is not in the black, it is in the red danger zone for students. Perhaps the deaf ears will perk up next provincial election. This has been an issue for some time now. Our deficiencies in financial aid have most certainly fallen on deaf ears.
I enrolled in a 2yr college program that will allow me to bridge into a 3rd and 4th yr undergrad degree program. My total OSAP loan eligibility is $11,500. My entitlement was $9,651/yr. My math calculates: $804.25/mth. The food budget of $7.50/day x 7 days for a total of 210.00 leaves 595.25/mth for neccessities; rent and transit.
Ontario is not in the black, it is in the red danger zone for students. Perhaps the deaf ears will perk up next provincial election.

]]> http://www.ousa.ca/2010/03/08/student-experiment-highlights-deficiencies-in-financial-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-414 OSAP diet offers little food for thought – Toronto Star (March 8, 2010) « OUSA.ca Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:26:06 +0000 http://www.ousa.ca/?p=1368#comment-414 [...] Today OUSA launched its Food for Thought Campaign, aimed at creating awareness of OSAP’s deficiencies in its funding and need assessment formula. The Toronto Star wrote a piece that appeared on the front page an in the Greater Toronto section. You can read the article below or on the Toronto Star site HERE. You can also read OUSA’s Press Release on the campaign’s launch HERE. [...] [...] Today OUSA launched its Food for Thought Campaign, aimed at creating awareness of OSAP’s deficiencies in its funding and need assessment formula. The Toronto Star wrote a piece that appeared on the front page an in the Greater Toronto section. You can read the article below or on the Toronto Star site HERE. You can also read OUSA’s Press Release on the campaign’s launch HERE. [...]

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