PSE Developments May Conference

Stakeholder Update ONCAT - April 20 & 21 – Student Pathways Conference – Student Advisory Board CICMH - May 7 – CICMH Report June 8 & 9 – Campus Exchange: Leveraging Mental Health Innovation Colleges Ontario - April 15 – KPI Data Release

Government Update February 19 - Fund Creates Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs ($4 million) March 11 - Financial Aid Helps Cover Students’ Training Costs or Refunds ($10.6 million) April 9 - Government Boosting Funding for Apprenticeship Training Programs ($55 million) April 11 - Ontario colleges receive funding to expand program access ($3.6 million) April Federal Budget April Ontario Budget

CSA Update Tuition Deposit and Late Fee - Progress on this advocacy initiative Federal Election - Voting on Campus? KPI Information - College vs. Provincial Average or Trends of your college? Advocacy Ideas for 2015/16 - CSA’s direction for 2015/16

Dec 2013 – Government introduced ‘new’ tuition deposit Nov 2014 – CSA Advocacy Workshop Mar 2015 – Letter to MTCU Mar 2015 – President’s Workshop Apr 2015 – MTCU Phone Call and SA Survey Next Steps: -Submit SA survey results to MTCU -Schedule a teleconference with MTCU -Follow up with SA Presidents Tuition Deposit and Late Fee

Federal Election Feb 2015 – sent to Elections Canada for polling stations on campus Mar 2015 – President’s Workshop Apr 2015 – Phone call with Elections Canada Next Steps: -Each SA will have to work with returning office for polling stations -SAs can contact local returning office after election is called -CSA will develop a template for polling stations -CSA Campaign -Video campaign -Jeopardy style questions -Ask the candidates -What is important to you

KPI Data Apr 2014 – KPI Data for Apr 2015 – KPI Data for Keystone Questions to (Provincial Avg.): -Graduate Employment Rate – Increased by.6% -Graduate Satisfaction Rate – Decreased by.1% -Employer Satisfaction Rate – Decreased by 4.1% -Student Satisfaction Rate – Decreased by.1% -Program Overall Knowledge – Decreased by.2% -Overall Quality of Program – Decreased by.2% -Overall Quality of Services – Decreased by.4% -Overall Quality of Facilities/Resources – Increased by.6% -Graduation Rate – Increased by.3%

2015/16 Advocacy Parental Income – Currently in Ontario, there is an expected contribution from parental income GROSS INCOME (less EI, CPP and Income Tax) = NET INCOME NET INCOME (less provincial Moderate Standard of Living according to family size) = DISCRETIONARY INCOME DISCRETIONARY INCOME divided by # of dependent students in family attending post-secondary = PARENTS’ EXPECTED CONTRIBUTION per STUDENT Funding Formula – Ontario is moving forward with the transformation of its postsecondary education system by launching consultations on modernizing the university funding model Enhanced quality and improving the overall student experience Support for the existing differentiation process, which is expressed in each university's Strategic Mandate Agreement Financial sustainability and long-term sustainability of the postsecondary sector Increased transparency and accountability Full-time enrolment in Ontario’s postsecondary system has grown by more than 170,000 students since 2003 — more than in any decade in the province’s history

Matt Caron Director of Advocacy QUESTIONS?