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Status of Women committee Absolutely. I do share this concern. Being here in Newfoundland, I had the opportunity at a skills conference this weekend to meet students not only from Memorial University but from a lot of the satellite campuses that this institution has. They go as far up into the island as
October 19th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Status of Women committee Thank you for the question. I don't have any particular data around first-generation students, but I think some of the data from Statistics Canada tells us that marginalized communities, specifically students who come from racialized backgrounds, immigrant backgrounds, or some o
October 19th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Status of Women committee Absolutely.
October 19th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Status of Women committee Thank you very much. Good afternoon, members of the committee and fellow witnesses. First and foremost, I'd like to thank you for inviting me. I'm on campus today, as you can tell. I'm joining you from St. John's, and I'm on campus at Memorial University, speaking to students ab
October 19th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Finance committee I think we would see more and more Canadians being able to access post-secondary education. As a result, we would also see more and more young people being able to gain access to the skills and training they need in order to be successful in today's workforce. It's no secret tha
February 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Finance committee What we're saying is that current tax credits and various savings schemes—for example, tax credits that exist around tuition programs, textbook programs, or in addition to that the RESP program, as one that many might be familiar with as well—are oftentimes programs that benefit
February 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Finance committee If you look through pages 4 onward in the submission that we provided, there are costings for each of our recommendations.
February 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Finance committee Many of them are actually cost neutral. It's about reinvestment of existing funds that the federal government is spending in and around post-secondary education into policies and programs that we find would be more efficient actually increasing accessibility.
February 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Finance committee Yes, absolutely. We know that in previous governments there were significant investments in what is called the SR and ED tax credit system. It is our recommendation that monies from that tax credit be redirected into the tri-council system for research, particularly targeting gra
February 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte
Finance committee Good evening. My name is Bilan Arte, and I am the national chairperson for the Canadian Federation of Students. The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada's largest and oldest national student organization, representing more than 650,000 students across the country. Our organ
February 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Bilan Arte