Post-secondary education

For some, post-secondary education is solely a place of learning, where classes take place—a means to an end. For others it is a flexible, multi-faceted space, filling the needs of a homebase, a workplace or a social setting. In an ideal world, a post-secondary learning environment would bring together the best of all worlds and on-campus childcare is one step toward achieving this aim.

As students in Canada’s post-secondary institutions settle into the new academic year, a new report from the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) shows that many of them are taking on higher debt-loads than in the past. Tallying the Costs of Post-secondary Education: The Challenge of Managing Student Debt and Loan Repayment in Canada delves into the current state of the Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP) and examines the impact it is having on the present and future lives of Canadian students.

Alberta students lobby for changes in financing