Niani

"The strike has been extremely stressful for me. As a first year, my work (readings and assignments) is something I focus most of my time doing so I will be able to go into university later on. The first week of the strike was calm, I continued my school work at home rather than go to the campus for my lectures. Unfortunately, more weeks started to pass by and I found myself feeling more anxious about how I will complete the rest of this semester without stressing out about it"

Brittany

"This is a very hard time and it's really confusing for myself and my family. Please don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my college and my program but art programs aren't the type of course loads we can just suddenly do the work on our own compared to just being in university with essays we could do. We need consultations and projects and group members to get our work done, which is what we paid for; we didn't pay money to teach ourself this. I really try to stay positive with everything trying to get fixed but it's hard when you can't pick up extra hours at work so you're trying to do any little thing possible to keep yourself busy, to get things done and try to find work. It makes me question, should I keep going, should I just try to find part time work? I hate seeing my mom so stressed out not knowing if she should pay the next semester, what's gonna happen to her kids education. It's a really hard thing to make decisions about with no real information to help. 

Laura

"The strike has been extremely confusing and stressful for me. I keep hearing many different version of stories regarding the strike and what will happen with our semester. It is also concerning me as I am set to graduate in April, and start a new program in May so I don't have the time to extend the semester."