Invest in Ontario’s Future: Fund Our Universities
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Tell the provincial government:
Ontario’s universities have been undervalued and chronically underfunded for over a decade and currently have the lowest level of post-secondary education funding across Canada. In 2022-2023, Ontario’s funding per (full-time equivalent) domestic university student was $10,246. This is over $6,500 less than the Canadian average of $16,789, according to the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations. Recent provincial funding increases to the postsecondary sector do not meet the level recommended by the province’s own Blue-Ribbon Panel on Postsecondary Education Financial Sustainability. Moreover, the Council of Ontario Universities projects that over half of Ontario’s universities project a deficit in 2025-2026. The ongoing austerity measures driven by this dire financial situation in Ontario’s universities are severely reducing the quantity and quality of educational opportunities for Ontario’s young people, stifling research productivity and innovation, causing direct and indirect job losses, and downgrading Ontario’s competitiveness and reputation.
