• Ontario Funding More Than 2,700 Additional Seats at Toronto Metropolitan University to Prepare Students for In-Demand Careers

  Source: Ontario - Ministry of Colleges and Universities
  Date: 2026-10-23 20:30:00.0
  Tags: [Ontario, Education, Labour, Economy, Technology, Healthcare]

  The Ontario government is investing $73 million to fund 2,776 additional postsecondary seats at Toronto Metropolitan University starting in the fall 2026 academic year. This allocation comprises 2,115 seats for STEM programs, 627 seats for health programs, and 34 seats for education programs. The funding is part of a broader $1.7 billion provincial investment supporting over 70,000 new seats across publicly assisted colleges and universities under a $6.4 billion postsecondary funding model.

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• Ontario Protecting Workers by Investing in the Jobs of the Future

  Source: Ontario - Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
  Date: 2026-09-25 15:00:00.0
  Tags: [Ontario, Economy, Technology, Industry, Labour, Finance]

  The Government of Ontario is investing $30 million in the Vector Institute through the revamped Critical Technologies Initiative (CTI) program to advance artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across provincial industries and support the STEM workforce. The CTI program, which received an additional $107 million in Budget 2026, has committed a total of $214 million since 2023 to help retain and create over 65,000 jobs and train more than 14,000 highly skilled workers. The Vector Institute, based in Toronto, currently supports over 1,400 researchers, 41 CIFAR AI Chairs, and 119 post-doctoral fellows, aiming to bridge the gap between academic discovery and enterprise deployment.

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