From Crisis to Sustainability: Rethinking Postsecondary Funding in Ontario

Led the development of a comprehensive policy paper examining the financial sustainability of Ontario’s postsecondary education system, with a focus on structural underfunding, institutional reliance on international tuition, and gaps in financial transparency.The paper synthesizes historical funding trends, current system pressures, and emerging policy risks to propose a student-centered funding framework. Recommendations include increased public investment, tuition regulation, enhanced financial accountability, and governance reforms aimed at stabilizing the sector and protecting long-term workforce outcomes.