1,200 students in northeast Ontario drop out, costing colleges millions in tuition - Erik White , CBC News

The five colleges in northeastern Ontario are giving millions of dollars back to students who dropped out of this semester due to the month-long faculty strike. About 1,200 applied before the Dec. 5 deadline to get a full refund on tuition for this semester, which was interrupted for five weeks while professors were on strike. The province has told each of the colleges to offer the refunds and to create a fund to compensate students for strike-related expenses up to $500, which won't be doled out until April. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/college-dropouts-tuition-refund-northeastern-ontario-1.4437020