Ontario refers career college OSAP concerns to OPP
The delay leaves thousands of students and schools waiting as inspectors examine suspicious OSAP activity and 95% of recent grant growth went to career colleges.
- Ontario delayed decisions on career college OSAP eligibility this academic year, leaving thousands of students and schools in uncertainty as the academic year progresses in early October.
- Career Colleges Ontario flagged "indicators consistent with suspicious activity" in OSAP applications dating to January 2023, prompting the ministry to launch targeted inspections and commission a KPMG audit that identified "serious concerns."
- The Canadian Press reporting showed 95 per cent of year-over-year OSAP growth in 2024-25 went to career college students, with seven schools receiving about $385 million—matching all Ontario publicly funded colleges combined.
- Executive director Michele Lupa at Mothercraft, which has a "stellar" compliance record, expressed concern six weeks into the academic year; student Daliah Gardoque said "It's extremely stressful" and warned peers may drop out without funding.
- Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities Nolan Quinn referred concerns to the Ontario Provincial Police and notified the auditor general last week, escalating the government's response to the crisis affecting the entire sector.
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Ontario refers OSAP concerns at private career colleges to provincial police
Ontario has referred concerns about student financial assistance payments at private career colleges to the Ontario Provincial Police, Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn says in a statement.
The Toronto Star
Ontario refers concerns about OSAP payments at private career colleges to OPP
TORONTO - Ontario has referred the issue of student financial assistance payments at private career colleges to the provincial police after preliminary audit findings identified "serious concerns," the government said Tuesday.
Winnipeg Free Press
Ontario career college sector thrown into 'uncertainty' without OSAP decisions
TORONTO - Ontario has delayed decisions on whether individual career colleges across the province will be eligible for student financial aid this academic year amid questions about unusual activity at a small number of schools, throwing the entire sector into uncertainty.
NiagaraFallsReview.ca
Ontario refers career college OSAP concerns to OPP
TORONTO - Ontario's college and universities minister says the government has referred concerns about student financial assistance payments at private career colleges to the Ontario Provincial Police.
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