By Lauren Toffan

A UPEI student is among the thousands of Canadian students whose educational futures have been put on hold until they hear whether they’ll be able to participate in the federal Canada Student Services Grant (CSSG).

Sara Badr, 21, an engineering student entering her fourth year at UPEI, said she was accepted for the CSSG on June 30 and told she would soon be placed with a not-for-profit organization.

She’s still waiting

The CSSG was introduced in April, offering post-secondary students and recent graduates struggling to find work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, between $1,000 and $5,000 in exchange for volunteering. The amount would depend on the number of hours they spent volunteering.

WE Charity was given the federal government contract to administer the grants, but pulled out of that arrangement July 3 amid controversy over the involvement of the prime minister’s family with WE. The federal government took over the program.

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