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<\/a>After paying around $200 for two days of child care at a local recreation centre, Cizmecigil resorted to bringing her kids to school with her, which she says was a significant stressor for both her and her children.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe instructors are very helpful,\u201d she says. \u201cThey said [my kids are] more than welcome to come to class, but it\u2019s not easy. I want to be on track with their curriculum\u2014that\u2019s one thing that gives me stress\u2014and I have assignments, I have things to do, I have group projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
The college does have a full-time child care program, but it\u2019s only eligible for children up to five years of age.<\/p>\n
Camosun VP of education John Boraas says that the college would like to help as much as possible, but it has limited resources.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs with any student, part of what they have to figure out as they\u2019re beginning their studies is their plan for child care, and they also have to plan for unseen emergent issues,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m not trying to make it sound like it\u2019s easy, but that is the student\u2019s responsibility; all we can do is help and be supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boraas urges students to try to find a solution with their instructors. He says Camosun faculty want students to be successful.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to be sure we do what\u2019s necessary so the student can [perhaps] study from home,\u201d he says. \u201cLots of instructors have provided reading packages, and they\u2019re happy to talk to students. It\u2019s about negotiating a win-win situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) external executive Fillette Umulisa says the CCSS is supportive of CUPE 441 and urges students to be patient.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe stand behind the students in every situation, and we\u2019re really not happy about the inconvenience that this strike will cause them,\u201d she says. \u201cBut, at the same time, as a unionized institution, we understand and stand in solidarity with the striking teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Umulisa says that the main thing the CCSS can do to help is to rally for a quick resolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re calling upon the local government, the Saanich school board, and CUPE Local 441 to negotiate this agreement so we can avoid [further] circumstances such as this,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Boraas says that students are encouraged to look for bursaries or other emergency solutions with Camosun\u2019s Financial Aid office.<\/p>\n
As for Cizmecigil, she says that if the strike continues long-term, she\u2019ll have to fly a family member from Turkey to look after her children.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not cheap, but I have to graduate,\u201d she says. \u201cI have to find a way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Public schools in the Saanich School District have been closed since Monday, October 28 as\u00a0 part of a Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 441 wage parity strike. This has resulted in over 7,000 children missing school, and some of those children have parents who go to Camosun. Second-year Marketing student Serena Cizmecigil has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-november-20-2019"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18572,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18546\/revisions\/18572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}