
OCUFA Challenges Ontario Government's Narrative on Postsecondary Funding Crisis, Welcomes Review with Call for Meaningful Faculty Consultation
created: June 21, 2025, 3:16 p.m. | updated: June 22, 2025, 4:42 p.m.
While OCUFA welcomes any new investment in the postsecondary sector, the organization asserts that the Ontario government is not taking meaningful action to address the deep-seated financial crisis facing Ontario’s world-class public universities.
"The financial struggles plaguing Ontario’s postsecondary education sector are not a sudden development, nor are they solely a result of federal changes to international student permit caps”, stated OCUFA President Nigmendra Narain.
"For decades, Ontario’s universities have endured chronic underfunding, consistently ranking dead last in Canada in per-student funding.
Without substantial and ongoing funding commitments, Ontario’s position as a world leader in postsecondary education, research, and scholarship will continue to be at jeopardy.
OCUFA welcomes the Minister’s announcement that his ministry will be reviewing how funding is delivered across the postsecondary sector.
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