{"id":7960,"date":"2017-11-10T16:34:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=7960"},"modified":"2017-11-10T16:37:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:37:41","slug":"ministers-statement-regarding-the-college-strike-and-support-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/10\/ministers-statement-regarding-the-college-strike-and-support-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister&#8217;s Statement Regarding the College Strike and Support for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Nov 10, 2017 @ 16:34<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p>Today, Deb Matthews, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development issued the following statement:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;Since the strike began, I have been clear that my focus is on students and their learning. I have had the opportunity to meet with a number of student leaders and their provincial associations. I have heard from them about hardships students are experiencing as a result of this strike. Students have been in the middle of this strike for too long and it&#8217;s just not fair.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>While every student&#8217;s situation is unique, all students are struggling with continued uncertainty. They are worried about how to pay for unexpected costs like additional rent or canceling long-standing travel plans to be home with family. They&#8217;ve told me they are stressed about when they will be able to complete their studies or if there will be any extra help when classes finally resume.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>That is why I am requiring that colleges establish a dedicated fund with all the savings from the strike. The fund will be used to support students who have experienced financial hardships as a result of the strike. I will work with students and colleges starting immediately to develop the parameters of the fund. We need to work out the details together and we will do it quickly. I have just spoken with student <\/em>leadership<em> from the College Student Alliance and have asked them for their advice and for feedback from their membership. I&#8217;m looking for the best ideas about how to make sure this reinvestment directly benefits students who have faced hardship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This is a challenging time for everyone, but particularly for students. So, in the coming days, I look forward to working directly with student leaders and colleges on how we can lessen the impact of the strike on students. They deserve our support.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov 10, 2017 @ 16:34 Today, Deb Matthews, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development issued the following statement: &#8220;Since the strike began, I have been clear that my focus is on students and their learning. I have had the opportunity to meet with a number of student leaders and their provincial associations. I have &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[883],"class_list":["post-7960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial","tag-2017-opseu-strike"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 05:14:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7961,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7960\/revisions\/7961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}