CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES. Student Day of Action. Issues in Feb 2002. Focused on Halifax

INTRODUCTION University tuition fees have been gradually increasing since the early 1990s to make up for reductions in government funding. The increase in these tuition fees for graduate students across Canada is much higher, on average in the 14 percent range. Recent figures form Statistics Canada show that government funding to universities - federal, provincial and municipal government grants and contracts - rose in 1998 for the first time since 10 years ago. Post secondary tuition fees from …

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