quebec financial assistanc

[patrickmtl]

The financial assistance in quebec is based on how much income you have, working income and bursary income are factored in differently, does anyone know if the money you make as a TS is considered work income? I assume so, just seeing if anyone knows for sure.

thanks

[MoustaBill]

Yeah. I had to declare my TA salary and AFE is based on that...

Edit: TS = TA?

[patrickmtl]

oops, yeah, i mean TA... but you declared it as income and not bursary?

[MoustaBill]

Yes. It's a job.

[patrickmtl]

right, thanks, thats what i thought but since its condsidered 'funding' i wanted to check.

[MoustaBill]

But the AFE still very generous. I'm holding a SSHRC + I'm a TA and they gave me about 5-6k.

[patrickmtl]

really? that's great, i remember checking their calculator and it saying i wouldn't get anything on top of 15000 scholarship... its down now so i cant check again.

[MoustaBill]

You received your scholarship in 3 payments (each one at the beginning of a semester). For example, for my 2008-2009 declaration I only had to declare 1/3 of my SSHRC.

[patrickmtl]

hey thats a good point, i forgot about that. btw, whats tuition for the year at queens?

[MoustaBill]

~7000$