A number of University of Ottawa students say they’ve had to alter their course loads because of the $600-million cut to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).
Others, like political science student James Casey, have decided to sit out the year to make ends meet.
“It’s very frustrating and very stressful,” said Casey, who this month was supposed to begin his third year.
“I was
on track to go back to school full time. But these cuts have been an
enormous step back on the amount of time it’s going to take to
graduate.”