Brought in by the NDP in September 2023 to help more people afford to become nurses, the nursing tuition grant is provided to universities who then disburse it to nursing students. In a statement, the Health Ministry didn't respond to questions about the elimination of the grant or what it meant for student nurses. Ryan Criztoff Tandiama and Alicia Pongracz of the Canadian Nursing Students' Association say nursing students in B.C. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementCriztoff Tandiama, who is studying at the University of the Fraser Valley, said that many nursing students have kids or other financial strains. "I'm working my unpaid student nursing shifts, and then on my days off, I'm working part-time to help manage tuition, rent, groceries with the increased cost of living," said Tandiama.