Posts Tagged ‘ The Link ’

by Diego Pelaez-Gaetz | 12 April 2010 “In the provinces with the highest tuition, there is the highest attendance.” This statement, uttered by Concordia President Judith Woodsworth in response to a question regarding rising tuition rates for international students, should give everyone attending university in this province serious pause.
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Student movement must broaden its scope by Matthew Brett | 12 April 2010 Support for Quebec’s low tuition rates is virtually non-existent and Concordia’s weak student movement will flounder if it does not drastically magnify its activism. But if there is one uniting factor in the province at the moment, it is opposition to...
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International tuition jump sends foreign students packing by Laura Beeston | 12 April 2010 Last semester, when Elijah Miller—one of many international students hit with an unexpected and unannounced increase in tuition fees—went into the Birks Student Centre to figure out why the cost of his education had doubled, an administrator asked him, “didn’t...
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Concordia president defends stance on tuition by Christopher Curtis | 6 April 2010 Hours after the Charest Liberals announced that Quebec’s university tuition would rise in 2012, Concordia University president Judith Woodsworth was on the defensive as students questioned her views on tuition and the societal role of a university.
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Students not warned of 50 per cent hike before fall term by Terrine Friday March 23, 2010 When Michael Wang visited Canada as an exchange student in September 2008, he knew he had to come back permanently.
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by Jessie Methieson March 2, 2010 A group of former Quebec political leaders, student leaders and business leaders are calling for an end to the province’s tuition freeze. Lucien Bouchard, former leader of the Bloc Québécois and Parti Québécois premier of the province, was one of the signatories and spokesmen for the Pact for...
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