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• 2019 Polanyi Prize Winners

  February 4, 2020 10:00 A.M.

  The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and the Honourable Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities presented the 2019 Polanyi Prizes to five young researchers...

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• 2019 Premier's Awards Recognize Outstanding Ontario College Graduates

  December 3, 2019 9:30 A.M.

  The Honourable Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities presented the 2019 Premier's Awards to eight college graduates for excellence in seven categories:

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• Making It Easier and Faster to Work in the Skilled Trades:

  September 23, 2019 2:15 P.M.

  As part of Ontario's skilled trades and apprenticeship modernization initiative, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is appointing two new 

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• Ontario Builds Skilled Workforce with Strengthened Employment Services

  July 2, 2019 2:00 P.M.

  Ontario's Government is putting people first by improving employment services with a new system that focuses on the needs of local communities, workers and employers to help Ontarians get good, qua...

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• Ontario Building a Skilled Workforce: Supports for Apprentices and New Governance Model

  May 31, 2019 9:30 A.M.

  As part of 

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• Building a Skilled Workforce with Portable Skill Sets

  May 31, 2019 9:30 A.M.

  The Modernizing the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2019 is transforming the apprenticeship and skilled trades system across the province.

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• Student Voices on Sexual Violence Survey

  March 19, 2019 1:00 P.M.

  Between February 16, 2018 and April 2, 2018, CCI Research Inc. administered the Student Voices on Sexual Violence campus climate survey on behalf of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universit...

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• 2018 Polanyi Prize Winners

  January 22, 2019 10:00 A.M.

  Chemistry Dr. Aron Broom, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa

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• Affordability of Postsecondary Education in Ontario

  January 17, 2019 11:00 A.M.

  Students in Ontario currently pay the highest tuition rates in Canada. The average Ontario university tuition is close to $9,000 while the average 2018-19 college tuition is $3,400. Over 20 di...

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• 2018 Premier's Awards Recognize Outstanding Ontario College Graduates

  November 27, 2018 10:00 A.M.

  Apprenticeship Don Gosen (Conestoga College, 1974) is the Ontario apprenticeship program's biggest champion. A college-trained electrical apprentic...

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