Vancouver Island University: Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond

Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond: The university unveiled the pilot program Wednesday, becoming the first post-secondary school in B.C. to accept a challenge laid down by Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond. , according to Times Colonist. Go back to your board of governors and do it, she told the audience. I'll talk to your presidents. Is it complicated? Of course, its not complicated. If they tell you its complicated, call me. Young people who have spent much of their childhood in government care will get free tuition at Vancouver Island University beginning in September. Speaking at the University of Victorias Congress in June, Turpel-Lafond called on post-secondary schools to offer free tuition for young people who have grown up in foster care or group homes after experiencing abuse or neglect. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.