Queen's Principal Daniel Woolf (left) and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities John Milloy.

Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities John Milloy visited Queen’s today with Kingston and the Islands MPP John Gerretsen, Minister of Consumer Services, on a tour of Ontario post-secondary institutions to announce provincial initiatives to “remove barriers for students navigating through the system.” At a meeting with students Minister Milloy outlined the new measures, including ease of transfer credits between post-secondary institutions and improvements to the OSAP student aid program: earlier application dates, online application for part-time students, a no-interest no-payment period for student loans, doubling of the student income exemption and enhanced loan repayment assistance.