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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeople take part in a rally over OSAP cuts outside Queen’s Park in Toronto on Wednesday March 4, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Allison Jones<\/p>\n
Academy of Learning denies any wrongdoing and the government\u2019s allegations have not been proven in court. The Academy says the schools have instituted a large number of corrective actions in response to ministry concerns.<\/p>\n
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2020: Ontario allows online-only programs, including those without live instruction, to qualify for OSAP.<\/p>\n
January 2023: Career Colleges Ontario raises concerns about \u201cindicators consistent with suspicious activity\u201d in a meeting with the government, as well as at meetings in May and November of that year.<\/p>\n
Oct. 1, 2024: The Ministry of Colleges and Universities sends routine notices of inspection to Academy of Learning locations on Bay Street in Toronto and in Brampton East.<\/p>\n
Jan. 15, 2025: Career Colleges Ontario writes to the ministry noting 10 schools in particular with OSAP usage showing significant anomalies, including the two Academy of Learning locations. Names of the other eight schools are redacted.<\/p>\n
May 2025: The federal government tells Ontario about concerns with several schools, including the two Academy of Learning locations.<\/p>\n
July 8, 2025: Ministry starts in-person inspection at Academy of Learning \u2014 Bay.<\/p>\n
Aug. 8, 2025: Both Academy of Learning locations are approved for OSAP for the 2025-26 year.<\/p>\n
Aug. 12, 2025: Ministry starts in-person inspection process for Academy of Learning \u2014 Brampton East, sending them an email apologizing for \u201cthe delay, which was due to transitions in roles and the implementation of new inspections procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sept. 17, 2025: Ministry shares its Academy of Learning \u2014 Bay inspection report with the school. Among other concerns, it alleges inspectors found evidence suggesting third parties were completing the coursework \u2014 sometimes entire courses in one day \u2014 and a few students who couldn\u2019t name their school or program.<\/p>\n
December 2025: Ministry tasks its forensic investigation team to provide advice to further strengthen oversight of career colleges and OSAP.<\/p>\n
Feb. 12, 2026: Minister Nolan Quinn announces that due to rising pressures on OSAP, career college students will no longer be eligible for grants, and students at publicly funded colleges and universities will receive a maximum of 25 per cent of their financial aid as grants, down from 85 per cent.<\/p>\n
Feb. 26, 2026: Career Colleges Ontario sends Quinn a second letter, asking the ministry to inspect 14 campuses it has identified as having \u201cpossible suspicious\u201d OSAP activity.<\/p>\n
March 9, 2026: Ministry shares its Academy of Learning \u2014 Brampton East inspection report with the school. It details concerns about \u201ccompromised participation\u201d in programs delivered asynchronously online.<\/p>\n
May 1, 2026: Ministry decides the two schools and a few others will not be eligible for OSAP for the 2026-27 year, a decision the schools are now challenging in court.<\/p>\n
August 2026: Ministry asks KPMG to audit OSAP use at private post-secondary institutions.<\/p>\n
Oct. 2, 2026: Ministry refers concerns from audit\u2019s preliminary findings to the Ontario Provincial Police and says many of the concerns stem from online-only programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oct. 6, 2026: Quinn announces pause on OSAP payments to all private post-secondary institutions across the province, leaving thousands of students in limbo.<\/p>\n
October 2026: Ministry begins in-person inspections at eight career colleges but does not name them.<\/p>\n
Fall 2026: Government intends to table legislation to exclude \u201cpredominantly online-only programs\u201d at career colleges from OSAP.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 Ontario Premier Doug Ford\u2019s government is coming under increasing fire for how it has handled Ontario…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-948002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948002","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=948002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}