nearly all of the recent growth in\u00a0OSAP\u00a0grants was among career college students.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security is now preventing students at four locations of Academy of Learning career colleges, which operate as franchises, and students at Citi College of Canadian Careers from accessing\u00a0OSAP\u00a0loans, on top of the general grant disqualification.<\/p>\n
WATCH | How does OSAP work?:![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784216410_980_default.jpg\")
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How will Ford’s OSAP cuts affect students? The answer isn\u2019t so simple<\/p>\n
In the wake of Premier Doug Ford\u2019s OSAP cuts, questions persist around how the program actually works. CBC\u2019s Julia Knope breaks down what we know.<\/p>\n
The federal government had advised current and prospective students of those schools \u2014 and one in New Brunswick \u2014 in September that it was considering suspending federal student aid, in a now-deleted notice on the Employment and Social Development Canada website.<\/p>\n
Ontario’s decision made further federal consideration unnecessary, a spokesperson wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n
3 of 4 schools have online learning programs<\/p>\n
Neither the federal nor provincial government has divulged specific allegations, but a court filing from late last month by three of the schools suggests they are about online learning.<\/p>\n
“The specific concerns noted with the asynchronous learning programs related to ‘high-risk admissions practices,’ ‘compromised participation in asynchronous programs,’ ‘inadequate attendance tracking,’ and ‘deficient academic progress monitoring,'” according to three of the schools who are seeking to have the decision quashed.<\/p>\n
“At a high level, the concerns were centered around whether the persons enrolled in the program were consistently the persons who were completing the coursework.”<\/p>\n
The concerns identified by the ministry are common to asynchronous learning programs\u00a0across the post-secondary sector, the corporations that own three of the Academy of Learning locations argue in their notice of application for judicial review.<\/p>\n
“The applicants implemented (controls and monitoring) and designed their programs to serve the student population enrolled in these programs, which as discussed above, predominantly consists of working adults, newcomers to Canada, individuals with family responsibilities, and students generally requiring greater flexibility in their learning environment,” they wrote.<\/p>\n
Jaidev Chakravarty, the director of Citi College, said in a statement that the college prides itself on having trained thousands of students over several decades.<\/p>\n
“It will seek to continue to meet Canada\u2019s labour market demands and serve the needs of students and employers,” Chakravarty wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n
“On the advice of its legal counsel, Citi cannot comment further on\u00a0OSAP\u00a0related issues, other than to say that Citi has been engaged in positive dialogue with the province on these matters and would not rule out any legal remedies in order to ensure that students have access to our training programs.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Schools committed to complying with OSAP requirements<\/p>\n
The three Academy of Learning locations in Brampton, north Toronto and downtown Toronto argue in their court filing that while the minister has the power to withdraw\u00a0OSAP\u00a0eligibility during an academic year, he cannot prevent eligibility for an upcoming year when an institution hasn’t submitted an application yet.<\/p>\n
The ministry gave one of the campuses a fail in a September 2025\u00a0OSAP\u00a0inspection report, the schools say in the court document, and issued similar reports for the other two campuses in March. The schools submitted corrective action plans within required timelines, they say.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn said there is a robust framework to ensure\u00a0OSAP-eligible post-secondary institutions are in compliance with all rules and regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cShould any institution fail to comply, we will not hesitate to hold them accountable and take swift action to protect hard-working Ontario taxpayers and students,\u201d Bianca Giacoboni wrote in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
WATCH | Ontario cut grants to students, lifted tuition freeze:![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770934810_default.jpg\")
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Ontario lifts tuition freeze, cuts back OSAP for post-secondary students<\/p>\n
Ontario is giving colleges and universities billions in new funding, while lifting a seven-year tuition fee freeze and cutting back on the amount of student assistance grants.<\/p>\n
Career Colleges Ontario said the vast majority of career colleges are committed to complying with requirements and providing students with a high-quality education.<\/p>\n
“When institutions fail to meet the required standards, they put students at risk, undermine public confidence, and reflect unfairly on the many ethical career colleges that operate with integrity,” spokesperson Taylor Buck wrote in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Students rely on\u00a0OSAP\u00a0to build better futures, and employers across Ontario rely on career college graduates to fill critical workforce needs. Protecting the integrity of the system requires clear rules, consistent oversight, and effective enforcement, and is in everyone’s interest.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-805928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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