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More doctors on the way
Ontario government announces 75 new residency positions
Canada is in the middle of a doctor shortage, but reinforcements are on the way. The Ontario government recently announced that 75 specialty residence positions will be created over the course of the next five years, starting in the summer of 2011.
According to the Government of Ontario news release, since 2003 there’s been an 80 per cent increase in the number of postgraduate specialty training positions, and by 2014 more than twice as many doctors will be graduating from Ontario’s medical schools than in 2003.
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Ontario extends tuition cap for two years
Students to see interest relief
Tuition in Ontario will continue to rise at an average rate of five per cent a year, the province announced today. The tuition cap has already been in place for three years. The framework does allow universities to raise tuition by more than five per cent in some programs, so long as it is balanced with smaller increases in other programs. Before the current framework was in place, tuition was frozen for two years.
The ministry of Training Colleges and Universities has also announced several changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). Students will not be charged interest on their student loans for six months after graduation. Until now, while students did not have to make payments on their loans for six months, interest still accrued. But, while graduates will see interest relief, the “Ontario Student Opportunity Grant threshold, which caps annual student debt, will increase from $7,000 to $7,300 for a two-term academic year.” All OSAP money over the threshold gets converted from a loan into a grant, and a rise in the threshold is likely to increase debt loads.
Additionally, how much students are permitted to earn without having to face a clawback from OSAP has increased from $50 a week to $100 a week.
The changes are set to take place in August.
Ontario names new Deputy Minister for TCU
Ontario has named a new deputy minister for the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Deborah Newman, who is presently deputy minister in the Ministry of Safety and Corrections, will take her new position effective Dec. 8.
Ontario has named a new deputy minister for the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Deborah Newman, who is presently deputy minister in the Ministry of Safety and Corrections, will take her new position effective Dec. 8.
