Quebec Students News Today

Quebecs plan to charge higher tuition fees for non-Quebec university students is being criticized by members of the business community and politicians in Ottawa.

The education ministry in Quebec says there are still 217 regular full-time and 1,114 part-time teaching jobs to fill in schools across the province.

A spring survey of 7,000 teachers conducted by a federation of 34 teacher unions found that 92 per cent of respondents were in favour of such a measure.

Lack of funding, growing demand and inflation are affecting Sun Youth's annual school supplies distribution program. The Generations Foundation's shelves are nearly empty too.

Quebec is short 1,859 full-time teachers and 6,699 part-time teachers. The teacher shortage comes to a total of 8,558, according to the province's education minister.

Bill 23 would give the minister the power to appoint director generals in school service centres and the power to reverse decisions made by those same employees. 

The hotline will be staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, though callers can also leave a voicemail message and expect a call in return.

The Government of Canada recently sent out a reminder to Canadian students regarding post-secondary student grants that can help pay tuition costs. With the fall semester well underway, Canada's Minister of Employment Carla Qualtrough tweeted out that there is still financial support available for students from the federal government.

An article by Jerome Raza on the history of student syndicalism in Quebec and the conditions which gave rise to Classé.

Quebec students wouldve also favoured the Liberals and helped them win a minority government — though a much slimmer one — if they were able to vote, according to Student Vote Canada.