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Career Opportunities and Requests for Proposals

Career Opportunities There are no opportunities at this time. Request for Proposals There are no RFPs at this time. 24/25-RFP-001 Consortium on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) The results of 24/25-RFP-001 Consortium on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). HEQCO has awarded contracts and funding to the following organizations based on the submissions made under the Consortium on […]

Quick Stats

How many Ontario students applied to the province’s colleges and universities during the last decade? How many enrolled? How many graduated? Find the answers to these and other good questions in Quick Stats, a compendium of data on Ontario’s postsecondary system. Note: All visualizations begin in 2013 and go up to the most recent year […]

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The Hamilton Model: A Case Study of Hamilton’s Support for International Students Transitioning to the Labour Market

The Hamilton Model: A Case Study of Hamilton’s Support for International Students Transitioning to the Labour Market was written by Elizabeth Agoe, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, based on a report submitted by the Canadian Bureau for International Education. Case study highlights Hamilton’s collaborative network of institutions, employers and community organizations as a model […]

Thank you for joining us at ReimaginEd!

ReimaginEd: Shaping the Future of Ontario PSE took place on Friday, November 7 in Toronto. The event brought together institutional staff, community partners, representatives from the Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security and other postsecondary education colleagues to think creatively about the purpose, design and goals of the system and to collaborate on […]

Canada’s 2014/19 international education strategy boosted enrollment and post-graduation outcomes in Ontario, but disparities in labour market and immigration transitions for international students underscore the need for strategic policies and planning

Between 2010 and 2020, Ontario experienced significant growth in international student enrollment in both the private and public postsecondary sectors. Many graduates secured Post-Graduation Work Permits (PGWPs), entered the labour market and transitioned to permanent residency (PR). While Canada’s 2014/19 international education strategy successfully attracted and retained international students, it also prompted concerns around housing […]

A Shrinking Pipeline: The Cost of Fewer International Students in Ontario

By Alana Button and Alexandra MacFarlane In early 2024, a sweeping federal policy change triggered a dramatic drop in international student enrollment across Ontario. There has been a lot of speculation and concern about how this will impact the country and Ontario specifically. We have already seen budget cuts and layoffs at colleges across the […]

The Myth of Effortless AI: Human Labour in AI-enhanced Libraries

By Stefania Kuczynski & Jacqueline Whyte Appleby The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is a member-based consortium of academic libraries. In 2024, OCUL launched the OCUL Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIML) Program, which aims to promote responsible, ethical AIML use in the academic library environment while building related knowledge and skills across the […]

ReimaginEd Preview: A Q&A with Tanecia Rodriguez, Indigenous outreach coordinator at Centennial College

On November 7, HEQCO will hold its tenth annual conference, ReimaginEd. This year’s event is focused on system design and will feature over 50 speakers across 12 different sessions exploring innovative ways to make improvements across the field of higher education. As we approach the conference, we’ll be featuring conversations with some of the speakers […]