UVic Students’ Society to host free soup kitchen to highlight the need to reduce student debt
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.”