VICTORIA—The UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) will be hosting a free soup kitchen for students tomorrow as part of a day of campus events throughout Vancouver Island for the Education Shouldn’t be a Debt Sentence campaign. Students at UVic, Camosun College, Vancouver Island University, and North Island College will be gathering signatures on the provincial petition to reduce student debt at the event. 

 

The events come on the heels of last week’s government report on the public consultations held for the 2010 BC budget. The report recommended that the government address BC’s high student loan interest rates and inadequate funding for universities and colleges.

 

“We’re building pressure on the government right up to the release of the 2010 BC budget,” said UVSS Chairperson Veronica Harrison, “This government must commit to a plan to reduce student debt over the four years of its mandate.”

 

WHAT: Soup Kitchen for Student Debt

 

WHEN:  11am – 2pm, Wednesday November 18, 2009

 

WHERE: Michele Pujol Room, Student Union Building

 

WHO: UVSS & Canadian Federation of Students Representatives

 

 

The University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS), founded in 1963, represents the 18 000 undergraduate students who attend the University of Victoria.  The UVSS is member local 44 of the Canadian Federation of Students.

 

 

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