48 - Wednesday. July 10, 1991 - North Shore News

Capilano College. SFU or UBC are
all an option for graduating students,
but only if you are lucky.

With serious shortages of money
coming from the B.C. government.
colleges and universities are squeez-
ing students hard. The Capilano Col-
lege Board (hand-picked by the
government) has increased student
tuition 176% over the past 10 years.

That’s way more than inflation,
and this directly stops young people
from continuing with school.

For the 1991/92 school year,
Capilano will cost you more than
$1,000 for tuition, an average of $400
for text books (U.S. book publishers
reprint necessary books every other
year, making it difficult to recycle
and buy cheaper second-hand
books). plus $400 for eight months
of one-zone bus passes.

So that’s $1,800, not inciuding
school supplies. and about $4.800

bad dream The top problems:

for living expenses should you wish
to find a room-mate and live away
from mom and dad's dreary subur-
ban special. Total is $6.600 each
year.

To make things really difficult.
students have to rely on well-paying
summer jobs to pay for all of this.
Good luck!

With a student unemployment
rate of about 20%, and most jobs
bringing in about $3.000-$4.000. for

Youth projecis
> funded

a full summer's work. to be a post-
secondary student is only possible
fer about 6.5% of youth today.

Colleges should be accessible for
all young people who want to bet-
ter educate themselves and !earn
new things, but unless you are rich
and have a straight B average. it’s
not an option at our local communi-
ty college.

-- By Irwin Ooastindie

environment,

More than one-in-four (28%)
believe the environment is the single
most important issue facing Canada
today. Females are more en-
vironmentally conscious than males
(35% vs. 23%). The issue is of par-
ticular concern to those ages 12 to
15.

As teens age, economic worries
begin to predominate. On the
econamic front, males are more con-
cerned than females (28% vs.
17%).

Abortion attitudes

Most teens (59%) believe in a
limited policy for abortion, permit-
ting it orly under certain cir-
cumstances; the remainder split
equally for pro-choice and pro-life.
Support for full legalization of abor-
tions rises with age.

U.S.-Canada relations

39% of all teens think Canada
should be more friendly with the
United States. Slightly more (44%)
favor the status quo. while 17%
want Canada to distance itself from
the U.S. Support for more distance
rises with age.

Baby Your Baby!

YES!!! NORTH VANCOUVER HAS A

§ POINT

economy

The Quebec question

lf able to do so, a plurality (44%)
of teens want to find some middle
ground for compromise in federal
relations with Quebec, saying they
would negotiate a new deal.

Most teens split on the issue. Just
over one-in-four (28%) would let
Quebec leave Canada, while an
equal number (27%) wouid force

“Quebec to accept what the rest of

Canada wants.

Quebec teens are much more like-
ly (39%) to want Quebec to leave
Canada; this rises to 43% among
francophones.

The Bomb

Concern about nuclear was is real.
but on a spontaneous basis, very
few teens believe the threat of
nuclear war is the top problem fac-
ing Canada.

About half of teens (54%) bet-
ween ages 12-19 think it is very
(24%) or somewhat (30%) unlike-
ly there will be a nuclear war in their
lifetime. However,37% think it is
going to be a reality.

— From the Pepsi/YTV Street Beat
survey of Canadian teens

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IF YOU'VE got a great idea for a project, but lack the
cash to get it off the ground, the B.C. Youth Advisory
Councii may be able to help.

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Their Youth Grants Program
encourages origina! projects
fostering independence. par-
ticipation and positive attitudes
among youth.

Submitted proposals are
reviewed by the advisory coun-
cil’s members who are aged
from 15 to 24 and resulting
recommendations are passed on
to the Minister Responsible for
Youth.

Projects recommended to the
government usually focus on:

@ active community invoive-
ment by a large number of
young people:

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M obvious benefit to young
people and the community:

community financial support
of the project;

expansion of skills in youth:

Blocal issues or concerns of
youth

Funding for the program
varies from year to year. Ap-
plication forms are available in
August for programs to be fund-
ed the following year.

For more information, or to
receive an application form, cail
1-387-9167.

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