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Canada Student Loans of up to $210 per week of full-time study or 60% of the student's assessed need (the lesser of these) can be issued per loan year (August 1–July 31). Loans issued through provincial programs will normally provide students with enough funding to cover the balance of their assessed need.
Alberta Advanced Education is responsible for the public funding of post-secondary institutions in the province, in addition to loans and grants for post-secondary students. [1] The ministry has existed in its current form since 2004. However, two other ministries with the same title existed from 1971–1975 and 1983–1992. [2]
Province of Alberta. Higher education in Alberta refers to the post secondary education system for the province of Alberta. The Ministry of Advanced Education in Alberta oversees educational delivery through universities, publicly funded colleges, technical institutions, and private colleges. [1] These institutions offer a variety of academic ...
Higher education in Alberta may also be referred to as post-secondary or tertiary education . Alberta's oldest university is the University of Alberta in Edmonton. The University of Calgary, once affiliated with the University of Alberta, gained its autonomy in 1966 and is now the second largest university in Alberta.
The Council of Alberta University Students (CAUS) was created in 1986 after the disintegration of the Federation of Alberta Students (FAS). FAS was a provincial umbrella organization that represented all of the public post-secondary institutions in Alberta; the organization fell apart in 1981 when a number of colleges and technical institutes ...
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit ( CERB; French: Prestation canadienne d'urgence) was a program that provided a taxable benefit of CA$ 2,000 per month for Canadian residents facing unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] [7] [8] Initially announced as providing a maximum of four months' financial support, the federal government ...
Social programs in Canada ( French: programmes sociaux) include all Canadian government programs designed to give assistance to citizens outside of what the market provides. The Canadian social safety net includes a broad spectrum of programs, many of which are run by the provinces and territories. Canada also has a wide range of government ...
The Alberta Students' Executive Council (ASEC) is a provincial student advocacy organization based in Edmonton, Alberta. Membership is open to student associations from any post-secondary institution in Alberta, and ASEC currently includes members from 17 universities, colleges, and polytechnic institutions across the province. The ASEC ...