Ontario Colleges

• Ontario ends tuition freeze at public colleges and universities, boosts funding

  Post-secondary institutions will be allowed to increase their tuition fees by two per cent per year for three years, before switching to an inflation-informed increase after that.

  Canada

  Feb 12
  
• Ontario colleges, universities ask Ford government for billions in new funding

  Groups representing both colleges and universities asked for significantly more funding, saying tuition fee freezes and international student caps have left them with few options. 

  Politics

  Jan 21
  
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• Future uncertain for Ontario college students as federal policy brings cuts, layoffs

  The tightening of Canada's international student regime has had ripple effects across higher education, but Ontario college students fear they are set to hurt the most.

  Education

  Dec 26, 2025
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• International students allocated to Ontario colleges, universities to drop again

  Since applying a cap on international students at the beginning of 2024, the federal government has been reducing the number of applicants each year.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2025
• Ontario weighing changes to formula that funds colleges, universities

  The province's public colleges and universities have endured two years of cuts and layoffs since a federal cap on the number of international students was introduced. 

  Education

  Nov 28, 2025
• Ontario college strike enters 4th week with no new talks scheduled

  Thursday marked the fourth week since workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union walked off the job without a deal from the College Employer Council.

  Education

  Oct 9, 2025
• Ontario college strike approaches 2-week mark without breakthrough

  On Sept. 11, support workers at Ontario's 24 public sector colleges walked off the job after OPSEU failed to get close to a deal with the CEC.

  Education

  Sep 24, 2025
• Staff at Ontario public colleges head out on strike after failing to reach deal

  Support staff at Ontario's publicly funded colleges are on strike, as they failed to reach a new contract agreement before the deadline of midnight.

  Education

  Sep 11, 2025
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• Thousands of Ontario public college staff on brink of strike as deadline ticks closer

  Staff represented by OPSEU have been bargaining for a new deal from the College Employer Council for months, but moved toward strike action in August.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2025
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• Ontario colleges continue talking to union with staff strike 1 week away

  Support staff represented by OPSEU will begin a strike on Sept. 11 if a deal cannot be reached with the College Employer Council, which negotiates on behalf of 24 public colleges.

  Education

  Sep 4, 2025