• 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 Celebrates Grand Opening of Sanofi’s Newest Biomanufacturing Facility

  Source: Ontario - Premier's Office
  Date: 2026-09-16 15:47:00.0
  Tags: [Ontario, Economy, Healthcare, Industry, Technology]

  The Ontario government and Sanofi celebrated the grand opening of Sanofi's new $925 million vaccine manufacturing facility, named the Charles Best building, at the historic Connaught Campus in North York. The 263,000-square-foot facility received $55 million in provincial support and will serve as the central hub for manufacturing, formulation, filling, and packaging of the Fluzone High-Dose Influenza Vaccine for adults aged 65 and older, creating 300 new high-skilled jobs. This project brings Sanofi's total investment in Ontario to over $2 billion across multiple initiatives, reinforcing the province's domestic biomanufacturing capacity and life sciences strategy.

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