An overview of some of the financial options currently available to 
students who have been impacted by the labour disruption. 

Financial Assistance 
Financial assistance is available to students who are experiencing 
financial hardship due to the CUPE 3903 labour disruption.  Students can 
find details and application information on the Bursary Web site at:  
http://www.yorku.ca/osfs/bur_webpage.shtml 

The following programs are currently available to students: 
York University Hardship Bursary - supported by generous contributions 
from York faculty, staff and students 
York University Undergraduate Bursary Program 
Friends of Glendon Hardship Bursary
To apply for these programs, students must:
1. Complete the SFP available from http://www.yorku.ca/osfs/sfp.shtml 
2. Submit the Request for Additional Financial Assistance form - available 
from the bursary web site listed above
3. Provide supporting documentation (rent receipts, airline ticket 
receipts, employment letters/contracts etc..) 
If a student has already submitted the SFP, he/she only needs to submit 
the Request for Additional Financial Assistance Form and supporting 
documentation. 
The deadline to apply  is March 13, 2009. 
Special Tuition Fee Option - NEW! 
Undergraduate students (excluding design, law and consecutive education) 
were recently emailed information from Vice President Tiffin regarding a 
special tuition fee option for F and Y term courses.  This special tuition 
fee option will enable students to drop fall  term (F) or full year (term 
Y) courses and have the fees applied to courses taught in the  Winter 
2009, Summer 2009 or Fall/Winter 2009/10 sessions.  Students must use the 
credit by April 30, 2010. 
Tuition fees of all courses to be taken under the F and Y course tuition 
credit option must be paid by March 1, 2009 to take advantage of this o
ption. 
Students wishing to withdraw from an F term course must apply by March 10, 
2009 
Students wishing to withdraw from a Y term course must apply by April 3, 
2009
The application and further information regarding this opportunity will be 
posted at www.yorku.ca/backtoclass by the end of this week. 
Students on OSAP should speak with an adviser in Student Client Services 
in the Bennett Centre prior to dropping courses in order to ensure taking 
up this option will not affect their current status or put them into an 
overpayment status.