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Coronavirus: University of Regina student emergency fund suffering as applications increase

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The University of Regina is asking the public for help after losing one of the main funding sources for their Student Emergency Fund.

Every spring, the university’s Prairie Kitchen Party raises money for the fund. The May 9 event was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic as social distancing becomes the norm. “We give out over $40,000 a year in emergency bursaries and we’re down now to $300,” said University of Regina President and Vice Chancellor Vianne Timmons. “We need to get out there to try and get it rebuilt.

We know now that students are in real jeopardy without summer jobs.” Timmons said typically, many of the program’s applicants are single mothers. “Right now they’re not working and they’re trying to get through their studies.

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