About 100 University of Calgary students braved a Friday afternoon snowstorm to protest post-secondary tuition hikes and budget cuts. The rally, part of the provincewide ‘Student Day of Action’ campaign, comes the week after the U of C’s board of governors approved exceptional tuition increases of up to 32 per cent for some domestic students, which will take effect in fall 2022 pending government approval. First-year international relations student Siraaj Shah was among speakers at the rally, held on the quad outside the MacEwan Student Centre. He said students are bearing the burden of provincial budget cuts through increased tuition rates. “The reality is education is not a privilege, education is a human right,” Shah said.
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