Finance committee  Yes, tuition does vary, but so too does the level of generosity of each of the government aid jurisdictions. If you are a Quebecer, while you pay lower tuition fees, there are still cost-of-living considerations and you are typically from a lower-income-profile family on aide fin

Finance committee  Yes. We just had that conversation with some provincial program experts. That is the hundred-thousand-dollar question. We don't know who is not coming. We know once they're in the system if they are not persisting, or if because of financial struggles they're working excessively

Finance committee  We were also addressing the way the funding would be administered. Whether it's a clerical job or a job in a lab, there are soft skills that can be developed—professionalism, time management, and all of those things—but absolutely we want it to be high-quality, part-time jobs whe

Finance committee  The rise in tuition is certainly a concern. Our organization is concerned about access over affordability so that students with low financial capacity can have equal access to post-secondary education. I think it's both. We certainly want to see more non-repayable aid going to ne

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to appear today on behalf of CASFAA, the Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. My name is Cara Piperni, and I'm the director of the scholarships and student aid office at McGill Univer