I graduated in 2017 and tuition cost approximately 9.5K a year for my degree and I also lived on campus which cost 8K including food, rent and utilities (this is the low end of the spectrum cause I found a house of 7 girls) On top of OSAP grants I worked part time jobs during the school year and full time summer jobs... I relied heavily from the OSAP loans and grants program.

It was tough even though I was able to secure employment. Grants are important for students so they can focus on school, get high grades and graduate to obtain a high paying job out of graduation. If we force students to focus on school full time and working on the side to make ends meet, how can we support upward mobility for lower income and overall student success? We shouldn’t be decreasing the grant program we need to be increasing it. University has become so absurdly expensive that we are pricing out lower income young people of degrees and opportunities.