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 option.
- 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.