Until now, residents have been exempt from paying tuition fees. Given that the length of residency range from two years for family practice to eight years for a specialty, this is an additional burden when medical students are starting to pay off their loans. The University of Toronto is the only school in Canada to implement this fee. Despite protests from students and media coverage, the university has no intention of altering this policy. Let us know what you think about the newspaper wars between the Toronto Star, the National Post and the Globe and Mail.
Many universities are in negotiations to bring the media to campus.
York University for example, negotiated a three year contract with the Star that allows for 5,000 newspapers to be distributed on campus each week and 500 on Saturdays and Sundays. Campus media expressed concern with such a plan. They argue that a smaller proportion of students will find time to read several newspapers and this may have implications for readership and thus the advertising sales of on-campus media. In 1997, the Provincial Government announced the deregulation of fees in professional and graduate programs. Greater autonomy and flexibility was given to universities for setting tuition fees.