Blue-Ribbon Panel Report

Blue-Ribbon Panel Report
  • Unfreeze tuition and increase 5% initially
  • Adjust funding corridor model to protect existing funding
  • Increase the small northern and rural grant along with annual adjustments
  • Provide additional funding to address higher operational costs in northern institutions
  • Projected decrease in domestic students for the next decade in northern Ontario, while increases are forecasted in the rest of Ontario
  • Change the funding for part-time students
  • Funding for digital learning for expanded access in rural/remote areas
  • Enhance student wrap-around services for students in northern/rural areas
  • Increase funding for infrastructure and equipment upgrades