The PIE News

MARCH 27, 2024

Ontario will prioritise applications for high-demand areas such as skilled trades, health human resources, STEM, hospitality and child care and the ratio of international permits per institution cannot exceed 55% of the 2023 first-year domestic enrolment. French language enrolment will also be prioritised, it was reported.

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HESA

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time for our annual provincial budget round-up. University Affairs has done its round-up of budget announcements ; I’m here to put the whole set of financial commitments under the lens and give it some long-term context. Second, the Ontario budget is a bit of a guess. A couple of caveats before I start.

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HESA

MAY 9, 2023

Laurentian, for instance, was below average on the international student front, and that was a major factor that put the institution at risk given the lack of either spending restraint or extra provincial funding. Add in expected salary lift for 2023-24 you get close to $22 million, or 7% of income. Then there is Guelph.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 18, 2024

In addition, Orsini pointed out that Ontario has the lowest per student funding in the country and that provincial operating grants represent about 30% of total operating revenues. However, Orsini highlighted that provincial funding for student services totalled just 3% of these costs. In 2021/22, universities invested more than $1.4

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HESA

MAY 23, 2023

Read conservatively, this is a one-year tuition freeze for the 2023-24 year only. It is listed as a decline in provincial revenues because universities and colleges are included on the province’s books, but there is nothing in either the manifesto or the costing plan to suggest it will be offset by funds elsewhere.

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HESA

MAY 23, 2023

Read conservatively, this is a one-year tuition freeze for the 2023-24 year only. It is listed as a decline in provincial revenues because universities and colleges are included on the province’s books, but there is nothing in either the manifesto or the costing plan to suggest it will be offset by funds elsewhere.

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