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Education

Post-secondary institutions and funding platforms

Here's what the 2025 Ontario election parties are promising.
We don't have any PC policies on Post-secondary institutions and funding.

ONDP
  • Increase per-student funding by 20% for post-secondary institutions, and tie future increases to inflation

    "We’re committed to investing in public post-secondary education, permanently increasing base funding and investing in research and innovation to maintain our competitive edge." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

    "Innovation starts with education. We’re committed to investing in public post-secondary education at institutions like Lakehead University, Northern College, Cambrian College, and funding a dedicated French Universite de Sudbury. We will permanently increase base funding and ensure they have the reliable funding they need to deliver world-class education." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

    "We’ll invest in public post-secondary education, increase per student funding by 20%, and tie future increases to inflation. Universities and colleges are at a breaking point, many posting deficits and cutting programing. Decades of Liberal and Conservative cuts have left Ontario with the lowest per-student funding in Canada for post-secondary education. We would work with the sector to review the funding formula to sustain Ontario’s world class post- secondary education and keep up with growing demand and student needs." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Fund a dedicated French Universite de Sudbury
  • Work with Indigenous post-secondary institutions to offer more programmes and credentialing

    "We will work with Indigenous post-secondary institutions, like the Seven Generations Education Institute to offer more programs and credentialling." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

Liberal
  • Cap international student enrolment at 10% for each Ontario college and university
  • Expand campus resources and affordable student residence options
  • Increase funding to colleges and universities to help their dependency on international student enrolment
  • Mandate post-secondary institutions to focus on generating intellectual property and commercialising their skills, technologies, and ideas

    "Establish a province-wide policy mandating post-secondary institutions to increase their focus on IP generation and commercialization, and business adoption of skills, technologies, and ideas." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

Green
  • Replace the performance-based university funding model and restore the enrolment-based funding model

    "Replace the faulty performance-based university funding model and restore the more stable and equitable enrolment-based funding model" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Ensure consistent and fair labour standards and working conditions for all faculty, including contract faculty
  • Remove wage constraints and pay equal wages for equal work
  • Immediately increase per-student university and college funding by 20% and peg to inflation

    "Immediately increase per-student university and college funding by 20% and commit to ongoing annual increases matching inflation" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Incentivise part-time enrolment

    "Modernise funding models for colleges to incentivise part-time enrolment so that more students can learn and upskill our workforce and continue the expanded funding for the Small, Northern and Rural Grant" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Continue the expanded funding for the Small, Northern and Rural grant

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