安省政府不久前宣布了一项重大教育政策调整：允许高校在未来三年提高学费，同时将 OSAP 学生资助计划中的“助学金”比例从约 85% 大幅下调至最多 25%，其余改为贷款。这意味着，未来申请资助的学生将获得更少无需偿还的资金，却可能背负更多债务。尽管政府称此举是为了“财政可持续”，但不少学生担忧，高等教育的门槛正在变高。

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渥太华的学生及支持者周三参加了全省范围内一系列集会之一，谴责安省政府削减安省学生资助计划（OSAP）的决定。
Ottawa students and supporters took part in one of a series of provincewide rallies Wednesday denouncing the Ontario government's cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).

took part in：参加。
provincewide rallies：全省范围的集会。
denounce：谴责（语气强烈）。
cuts to：对……的削减。

上个月，省政府宣布将通过 OSAP 提供的助学金比例从约占总资助的 85% 降至最多 25%，其余部分将以学生贷款形式发放。
Last month, the province announced it will decrease the proportion of grants offered through OSAP from about 85 per cent of funding to a maximum of 25 per cent, making the rest student loans.

decrease the proportion of：降低……比例。
a maximum of：最多。
making the rest：其余变为……（现在分词作结果状语）。
背景解说：Grant 为无需偿还的助学金；Loan 为需偿还贷款。

安省还宣布解除为期七年的学费冻结，允许学院和大学在未来三年内每年最多上调 2%。
Ontario also said it's lifting a seven-year tuition freeze to allow colleges and universities to raise fees by up to two per cent per year for the next three years.

lift a freeze：解除冻结。
raise fees：提高费用。
up to：最多。

学生和其他团体担心，这些变化将对人们接受高等教育的能力造成毁灭性影响。
Students and other groups are worried the changes will have a devastating impact on people's ability to access post-secondary education.

devastating impact：毁灭性影响。
access post-secondary education：获得高等教育机会。

周三聚集在渥太华大学的一名参与者哈泽姆·库基表示，OSAP 计算方式的改变将使更多人陷入更深的债务。
Hazem Kouki, one of the people who gathered at the University of Ottawa on Wednesday, said the OSAP formula change will send more people into deeper debt.

gathered：聚集。
formula change：计算公式的改变（指资助结构调整）。
send … into debt：使……陷入债务。

“这非常糟糕，”库基说，并补充说他已经劝告弟弟不要申请信用卡。
"[It's] very atrocious," Kouki said, adding that he's counselled his younger brother against getting a credit card.

atrocious：糟糕的、恶劣的。
counselled … against：劝阻……不要。
解说：这里将 OSAP 贷款与信用卡债务类比，表达对债务文化的担忧。

OSAP 是“生命线”

亚历克斯·斯特拉塔斯也参加了渥太华大学的集会。她是该校学生会的倡议事务专员。
Alex Stratas also attended the U of O rally. She's the advocacy commissioner for the university's student union.

advocacy commissioner：倡议事务负责人。

她表示，她每天都收到来自学生的电子邮件，许多人“感到恐慌”，不知道如何完成学业，并称 OSAP 项目是“生命线”。
She says she's getting emails every day from students "terrified” about how they can complete their studies across many fields, and called the OSAP program "a lifeline."

terrified：极度害怕的。
complete their studies：完成学业。
a lifeline：生命线（比喻不可或缺的支持）。

“我们都非常愤怒，”她说。
"We're all very angry," she said.

帕维尔·南法克表示，没有人愿意承担更多贷款，“尤其是在就业市场目前明显走下坡路的情况下。”
Pavel Nangfack said nobody wants to take on more loans, "especially when the job market is very much crumbling right now."

take on loans：承担贷款。
crumbling：崩塌、恶化（形象表达）。

省政府宣布这些改变的同时，也承诺在四年内向高等教育领域追加 64 亿加元资金。这是在拨款公式审查之后，以及资金紧张的学院和大学强烈呼吁之下作出的决定。
The changes announced by the province come with an additional $6.4 billion for the post-secondary sector over four years, following a funding formula review and a strong push from cash-strapped colleges and universities.

additional：额外的。
cash-strapped：资金紧张的。
strong push：强烈推动。

政府为削减助学金进行辩护，称这是为了系统的可持续性所必需的。
The government has defended the cuts as being necessary for sustainability.

defend：为……辩护。
sustainability：可持续性。

OSAP 的资金形式包括助学金（无需偿还）和贷款（需要偿还）。
OSAP money comes in the form of grants (money you don’t pay back) and loans (money you do pay back).

in the form of：以……形式。

根据安省政府网站对该项目的定义，虽然 OSAP 是一个省级项目，但学生获得的资金实际上来自省政府和联邦政府两方面。
While OSAP is a provincial program, the money students receive actually comes from both the provincial and federal governments, according to the program’s definition on the government of Ontario’s website.

according to：根据。

此次宣布的削减仅影响学生可获得的省级助学金部分。这意味着约占 OSAP 总资金 40% 的省级部分将受到影响。
The announced cuts to OSAP only affect the provincial portion of grants students can receive. That means that the roughly 40 per cent of OSAP funding that comes from the province will be affected.

roughly：大约。

这一变化对每名学生可能产生的具体影响仍不明确。OSAP 计算方式的调整将于今年秋季生效。
How much impact this could have per student remains unclear. The OSAP formula change will take effect this fall.