No one has reached out students relying on student loans. There's been no acknowledgement. We are expected to fall through the cracks. And when we do, and we are falling right now, we are invisible. @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social @vancouversun.bsky.social @georgiastraight.bsky.social

We've cut out fruit and vegetables largely from our diet and are mostly surviving on cheap pizza and carbs... I stand with union workers. Having relied on Student Aid for years, I understand how hard their jobs are. It's the government and universities I'm disappointed in.

and the past 5 negotiations leading up to this point have been unsuccessful. I'm banking on other funds from my writing - a privilege many other students don't have - but right now all the cheques are stuck due to the Canada Post strike.

is $5000, and we are LUCKY because we rely on the funding for tuition only, not living expenses. I make $2500 a month, our rent and utilities combined is over $2100. The math isn't adding up. The next negotiations won't take place until November,

To give a sense of what we are experiencing, my fiance J is owed close to $10,000 - fall funding being the largest payout of the three semesters each year. His tuition is $2500 that we've had to pay out of pocket this semester. Our tuition combined if we don't have Student Aid funding next semester

We are also supposed to start applying for funding for the following semester. Yet, there is no way to do this. For others, despite the strike, they are still required to make repayments to Student Aid. All of these pressing questions, so far no responses from the government or any BC universities.

- an additional wait time to get funding once the strike ends. Many students rely on this funding not only for tuition, but housing, food, gas, and everything one needs to survive. How will they survive these months? What does it mean for their education to be delayed b/c they can't pay tuition?

What this means is that many students who are applying for funding this fall semester will not receive tuition and living necessities funding. New students entering university who are at-risk or disadvantaged are in the process of getting various independent and disability statuses approved

@mortabasi.bsky.social

Totally not moving.

It’s been 10 hours… forgive me for wanting to come home from work and sit in MY chair

🤬

It’s a lost battle. Those are my cushions too. 😭