The Canadian Press and The Trillium recently reported that the Government of Ontario’s increased expenditure through the Ontario Student Assistance Program grants primarily went to private career college students. Through freedom-of-information requests, the publications noted a stark increase in the amount of OSAP grants given out to students at career colleges from 2023–24 to 2024–25. Several advocates and critics voiced their concerns about the increases and the justification behind ON’s changes to the student aid program earlier this year. “Students deserve to know what evidence is informing OSAP policy changes, how impacts are being tracked, and whether support is being delivered fairly across the system,” said the College Student Alliance. ON has since announced that career college students will no longer be eligible for OSAP grants.
