Tuition Hike

• Quebec going ahead with out-of-province tuition hikes despite advisory body concern

  Quebec is moving forward with a plan to hike tuition for out-of-province Canadian students by about 30 per cent, despite a letter urging the province to reconsider.

  Education

  Feb 4
  
• English universities have grounds for legal action to counter tuition hike, lawyer says

  Constitutional Rights Lawyer Julius Grey believes anglophone universities have grounds for legal action against the CAQ government.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2023
  
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• Tuition fees go up at the University of Saskatchewan for the first time in 2 years

  Peter Stoicheff, president of the University of Saskatchewan, said the tuition hike is necessary after a two-year pause due to the pandemic.

  Education

  Apr 28, 2022
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• University of Manitoba Students’ Union slams tuition hike, commends program funding

  In a news release Tuesday, the U of M student union (UMSU) expressed frustration with several years' worth of operating grant reductions which it says led to the tuition hike.

  Education

  Mar 23, 2021
• Alberta post-secondary students protest government tuition hike with snow penguins

  According to post-secondary students in Lethbridge, the pandemic has turned affordability into an even bigger struggle -- making a tuition hike more daunting than ever before.

  Education

  Feb 12, 2021
• Tuition rising for University of Winnipeg students during 2019-20 year

  The University of Winnipeg is hiking tuition for most undergraduate programs by 3.7 per cent for the 2019-20 school year.

  Education

  May 7, 2019
• University of Regina approves 2.8 per cent tuition hike for 2019-20 year

  The Unversity of Regina's Board of Governors approved a 2.8 per cent increase to most tuition rates and fees for 2019-20.

  Canada

  May 7, 2019
• SFU student activist group demands 2-year tuition freeze ahead of budget vote

  Simon Fraser University's board of governors will vote on the controversial proposed tuition hike Thursday morning.

  Education

  Mar 20, 2019
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• Manitoba university, college tuition could go up 5%, plus rate of inflation

  Post-secondary tuition will be able to go up by five per cent plus the rate of inflation, Education Minister Ian Wishart announced Monday afternoon.

  Education

  Mar 20, 2017
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• King’s College students scrawl messages on campus walls in tuition-fee protest

  In the 2015 budget, the Liberal government announced it would temporarily lift the three per cent tuition increase cap, allowing universities in the province to increase prices by any amount they saw fit.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2016