{"id":6869,"date":"2020-10-28T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porticomagazine.ca\/?p=6869"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:39:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:39:57","slug":"financial-supports-for-students-as-pandemic-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/financial-supports-for-students-as-pandemic-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial supports for students as pandemic continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p>U of G provided $4 million in new funding to support international students and reduced student compulsory fees during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>New one-time tuition credits and bursary and scholarship support for international students followed enhancements to emergency bursaries made in the winter and spring 2020 semesters.<\/p>\n<p>The University provided residence spaces to international students who were unable to leave the country when the pandemic started, and 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