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This single mom applied for her OSAP funding months ago. As classes begin, she’s still waiting

Amy Wesselink turned her life upside down so she could head back to school this month, but a delay in her Ontario student funding has her worried she’s going to have to drop out with nearly $8,000 in tuition fees coming due. A hairdresser and a single mom of four, Wesselink says her income sank amid COVID-19 public health measures. …

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3 years after OSAP overhaul, many Ontario students still struggling to get funding they need

When Alexis Da Ponte was accepted to her desired program at York University — a Bachelor of Fine Arts concurrent with a Bachelor of Education — she was thrilled to begin a new chapter of her life this fall. “I am the first to go to university… Both my parents after high school, went …

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