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Some come from one-income families headed by single parents who never made it past high school.

Others have been disowned by their family due to their sexual orientation and receive no financial support.

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Still others said the deep cuts and changes to Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) have affected their mental health, leaving them feeling anxious and stressed.

These are some of the stories Western University’s student council has heard from students since launching a social media campaign about recent cuts to OSAP by the government of Premier Doug Ford.

“We kind of guessed going into the survey it would be marginalized communities this was hurting the most: low-income students, LGBQT students who reached out and told us they were really affected by this,” said Cat Dunne, vice-president of Western University’s student’s council. “That community has been hit really hard, as well as mature students – who have been supporting families of their own, but have been trying to go to university.”