Mike Eklund
@mikeekl.bsky.social
President, UOIT Faculty Association. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Also, noting Canadian Federation of Students Ontario chapter's 2025 budget submission to restore (now up to) $1.2B in OSAP funding that has been cut since 2019: cfsontario.ca/wp-content/u.... Saving tuition is not only at the expense of colleges and universities, but also of many, many students.
cfsontario.ca
July 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Also, noting Canadian Federation of Students Ontario chapter's 2025 budget submission to restore (now up to) $1.2B in OSAP funding that has been cut since 2019: cfsontario.ca/wp-content/u.... Saving tuition is not only at the expense of colleges and universities, but also of many, many students.
Note that @reggcohn.bsky.social added a really good opinion piece this weekend: www.thestar.com/politics/pol.... And will add that the #ONPSE 2019 10% tuition cuts and freeze also came with a $670M cut to the Ontario Student Assistant Program (OSAP): @ocufa.bsky.social - ocufa.on.ca/assets/OCUFA....
Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford’s fiscal time bomb is devastating Ontario’s colleges
The root of the crisis in higher education lies with the fiscal time bomb planted by Doug Ford’s provincial government when it came to power seven full years ago this
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July 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Note that @reggcohn.bsky.social added a really good opinion piece this weekend: www.thestar.com/politics/pol.... And will add that the #ONPSE 2019 10% tuition cuts and freeze also came with a $670M cut to the Ontario Student Assistant Program (OSAP): @ocufa.bsky.social - ocufa.on.ca/assets/OCUFA....