Drop Fees Day of Action 2009

hollynorris@trentu.ca (Holly Norris) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

On Thursday, November 5, 2009 thousands of students and community members in and around Toronto took to the streets to fight for accessible post-secondary education and an end to poverty.

In October, a Statistics Canada report was released that shows that Ontario has surpassed all other provinces in having the highest tuition in Canada. This is the result of the Ontario Government and Premier Dalton McGuinty's post-secondary funding program called 'The Reaching Higher Framework.'

The number of families that can afford tuition fees gets less and less and the total weight of debt from student loans surpasses a baffling $13.3 Billion.

The Reaching Higher Framework expires this December, so this time is crucial for student action for accessible education.

More information can be found at http://dropfees.ca

Trent University's Private Residence

hollynorris@trentu.ca (Holly Norris) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

These eight images were created in response to Trent University and Resident Development Corporation’s private residence plan. The images juxtapose elements from the site plan submitted to City Hall with photographs from the area slated for development. The land in question was given to Trent University by the community decades ago, yet a dismal lack of public consultation has characterized the private residence plan, leaving the thousands of people who disagree with the proposal little means for dissent. Despite 75% of students polled voting against the private residence plan in a referendum at Trent, the university still wishes to go ahead with the project. However, the proposal still needs approval from City Hall in order to proceed. More information about the proposal and the coalition against it can be found at http://www.nprt.ca

Read the Peterborough Examiner's coverage of the show of these images at Natas here.

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Drop Fees Day of Action 2009

Trent University's Private Residence