PERSPECTIVES · A COLLECTION IN DEVELOPMENT
Student experiences.
In their own words.
School and funding decisions affect classes, work and bills. We’re planning a collection of first-hand accounts showing what those decisions mean in everyday life.
Students, educators, school owners and community groups would speak for themselves. Each person would approve their own account.
Story submissions are not open. For now, explore independent campaigns or use the student worksheet below to prepare a private draft.
Something useful to do today.
ONE CAMPAIGN TO EXPLORE
IGNITE.
OSAP Is Ours.
See how a student association connects people's experiences with proposals for financial-aid reform.
Visit IGNITE’s campaignTHEIR WORDS. THEIR WORK.
Read IGNITE’s original articles and calls to action. Our independent profile explains the campaign and links to its sources.
Read our IGNITE profile Explore more campaignsA CLEAR ACCOUNT STARTS HERE
What happened.
What changed.
What answer would help.
Describe the experience.
Say what happened, roughly when, and what explanation you received. Keep what you saw separate from what you think it means.
Explain the effect.
What changed about your studies, work or everyday decisions? You choose which details you are comfortable sharing.
Name the missing answer.
Ask a question someone can answer. A specific example can make a wider problem easier to understand.
THE STUDENT WORKSHEET
Prepare a draft.
Keep control of it.
Use this optional worksheet to organize an experience and download a private draft.
Your working draft stays in this tab’s memory until you reload or close it. Download a copy to keep it on your device.
Leave out student numbers, SINs, banking details, medical records, private legal advice and other people’s identifying information.
Open the student worksheetYOUR WORDS, YOUR DECISION
Approval before publication.
When submissions open, you would approve the final words, the name shown and where your account appears.
How contributor control would work
We would ask separately before reusing an account on social media, sending updates, discussing the case or introducing someone to a reporter. A different public name can help protect privacy; the details of an account may still identify someone.
We would provide a correction and withdrawal route for pages we control. Copies made elsewhere may remain. The initial collection is planned for adults.
Optional: write and download your own story draft
FOR GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Keep your identity.
Help others find your work.
We would start small: an agreed group profile, links to its work and accounts approved by their authors. Student associations, educator groups and other organizations could take part.
To introduce your group, email hello@wiltononrecord.ca with a link to its public work. You can also download and adapt an invitation to send yourself.
START WITH PUBLIC WORK
A link is enough.
Share a public campaign page and explain who organizes it and what they are asking for. Keep private member lists, survey answers and case records out of an introduction.
Find an association or resource Read OSAP opinion and analysis