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5 |Thursday November 23, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER |www.insidehalton.com Students head back to class at Sheridan Tuesday Classes at Oakville' s Sheridan College -- and other colleges across the province -- resumed Tuesday, Nov. 21. On Monday, the college' s website indicated: "Sheridan confirms that the provincial government has passed legislation to end the college strike. Academic employees returned to Sheridan on Nov. 20, to prepare for classes to resume on Nov. 2 1 ." Information regarding term dates, winter reading week, joint programs, assignments, field placements and practicums, and academic accommodations for holiday travel has been sent to students via email, said the college. Additional class-related information is posted online with Sheridan College directing students to visit strikeinfo.sheridancollege.ca. The Province legislated college faculty back to work Sunday, effectively ending a fiveweek strike and paving the way for students to return to class on Tuesday. Approximately 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 students have been out of class since the strike by 12,000 professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians began Oct. 15. The colleges have said they would need two days to restart classes, meaning students were back on Tuesday. The colleges welcomed the back-to-work legislation, saying all efforts at the bargaining table had been exhausted. "The strike has been incredibly disruptive to students and we needed to end it," Sonia Del Missier, the head of the colleges' bargaining team, said in a statement. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) says it is looking at the possibility of a Constitutional challenge to the legislation. www. £ 1 t R E Q N E .c o m H E A T IN G & C O O LIN G To help college students returning to classes, the province is promising support to help students impacted by the five-week strike. Students who decide to withdraw from college because of the strike will receive a full tuition refund, according to a Nov. 20 press release from the Ontario Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Develop ment. The Province has also required colleges to establish dedicated student support funds with net savings from the strike that will as sist students who have experienced financial hardship as a result of the strike. Full-time domestic and international stu Financial aid available for students Furnace dents will be eligible to receive up to $ 5 0 0 for incremental unexpected costs they in curred as a result of the strike, such as addi tional child-care fees, re-booked train or bus tickets or January rent. The Province expects that students will be able to apply to their college for financial as sistance through the fund starting this week. Any strike-related support will not count against a student' s Ontario Student Assis tance Plan (OSAP) assessment. Apprentices can also apply for a full re fund of classroom fees if they are unable to complete their in-school training for reasons related to the strike. Cleaning call for details BO O K YO U R S TODAY www.aireone.com 1065 Upper James St. attheunc Brantford 519-756-3200 Burlington 905-632-0505 (905) 385-2800 1? F e e N C jI Q L iJ N C jj FRENCH SPECIALTY G RO C ERY Handmade, oven-ready French and other European meals to take home. Excellent selection of products from France and Quebec. Visit French Lunch to have a unique culinary experience! 187 C R O S S A V E N U E , O A K V IL L E B L A C K F R ID A Y SA LE sa v e u p to O / fQ ***** fjfjfS TEVENSONWHELTON M a c D O N A L D & S W A N LLP o n m e a ls an d p a n try w h en p u rc h a s e in -s to re O ffer is valid N o vem ber 2 3 , 2 4 an d 2 5 , 2 0 1 7 w w w .french lu n ch , ca PERSONAL INJURY + MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LIKE u s on facebook.com/frenchlunch FOLLOW u s on twitter.com/frenchlunchCA (905) 3 3 8 -9 9 8 8 Experienced Trial Lawyers Serving Oakville, M ilto n a n d B u rlin g to n ^/SWLawyers.ca 1 5 4 0 C o rn w a ll R o a d S u ite 1 0 6 , O a k v ille