Canada · 6 d ago
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Ontario's OSAP pause hits private colleges as job-training funding stalls
Minister Nolan Quinn says OSAP payments to private-college students will not resume before January at the earliest, after legislation to strengthen oversight. The pause began Oct 6.
Dental college students who rely on OSAP
>90 %
Trillium College has suspended academic programming, and the Southern Ontario Dental College in Ancaster says it cannot survive without OSAP money.
What we know
- Some Better Jobs Ontario funding is paused, colleges say
Not yet
- Which funding streams are under review
- No public word from the government
Career colleges say Better Jobs Ontario, which funds skills training for unemployed people, is also paused in part. A ministry spokesperson says other provincial funding to private institutions is under review.
And us?
The dental college's chief operating officer warns that fewer trained hygienists would strain the federal dental plan, which has widened access to oral health care.
