{"id":19748,"date":"2020-07-15T16:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=19748"},"modified":"2020-07-15T17:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T00:04:33","slug":"government-announces-new-supports-for-students-including-1-5-million-for-students-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/07\/15\/government-announces-new-supports-for-students-including-1-5-million-for-students-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Government announces new supports for students, including $1.5 million for students with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, July 15, minister of advanced education, skills and training Melanie Mark announced new supports for post-secondary students studying in BC at a press conference held from Camosun College\u2019s Interurban campus.<\/p>\n

Mark announced an investment of $1.5 million to 20 public post-secondary institutions in BC for supports for students with disabilities; this amounts to $75,000 for each college, including Camosun. This money will go toward supports for students with cognitive or physical disabilities or mental-health struggles.<\/p>\n

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Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus (file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark also announced that 25 new textbooks are available through BC\u2019s open textbook collection; Mark said that this will include free math, trades, business, and design, textbooks, and a book in Cree.<\/p>\n

As of this morning, students can apply to StudentAid BC to access to a new, non-repayable BC Access Grant, which was announced in early March<\/a>. Students who apply for student aid will automatically be assessed for the grant, which will give them up to $4,000 a year, depending on the length of their program. More than 40,000 low- and middle-income students will have access to the grant.<\/p>\n

The federal government through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada also recently announced COVID-19 supports for international students.<\/p>\n

Key features of the new supports include priority study-permit processing for those who have submitted a complete application online, the ability for students to count time spent taking online classes abroad toward their eligibility for a post-graduation work permit (at least 50 percent of their program has to be completed in Canada), and a temporary two-stage approval process for students taking programs online who are unable to submit necessary documentation for the processing of their applications.<\/p>\n

International students generate over $21 billion in economic activity in Canada, according to the federal government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, July 15, minister of advanced education, skills and training Melanie Mark announced new supports for post-secondary students studying in BC at a press conference held from Camosun College\u2019s Interurban campus. Mark announced an investment of $1.5 million to 20 public post-secondary institutions in BC for supports for students with disabilities; this amounts to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18999,"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":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t