1 / 7

Ontario Election 2011: University Rankings, Tuition Grants, and Campus Proposals

This report provides an overview of the Ontario election platforms related to post-secondary education, including tuition grants, campus proposals, and funding commitments. It also highlights the international rankings of Canadian universities, with a focus on the University of Waterloo. Additionally, it covers recent developments such as the establishment of the Seniors Centre of Excellence and the Southern Ontario Water Consortium. The report concludes with an update on leadership searches and the purpose of engaging various stakeholders in the university community.

tjohnny
Download Presentation

Ontario Election 2011: University Rankings, Tuition Grants, and Campus Proposals

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. UW Senate President’s Report September 19, 2011

  2. Ontario Election – October 6, 2011 • Liberal Party Platform • 30 per cent tuition grant • Students from families with less than $160,000 in income could see up to $1,600 in reductions • Grant will cost $485M annually by 2015-16 • Funding for 60,000 new undergraduate student spaces over five years • $300M for three new satellite campuses proposed (WLU – Milton, Laurentian – Barrie, possible Brampton campus for a Toronto-area university) • PC Party Platform • Create 60,000 post-secondary spaces • Redirect the $30 million Ontario Trillium Scholarships for foreign students to Ontario students • New Democratic Party Platform • Promises tuition freeze for four years • Will remove interest from provincial portion of student loans • Source: Waterloo Region Record, September 8, 2011

  3. International Rankings QS Top University Rankings • Waterloo is 160th, down from 145th in 2010 • Waterloo the 9th highest-ranked Canadian university, down from 7th in 2010

  4. 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities • Waterloo placed in the 151-200 ranking cluster • Same ranking we achieved in 2010, improving from 201-302 in 2009 • Top Canadian Universities: • Toronto (26) • UBC (37) • McGill (64) • McMaster (89) • Alberta, Montreal (102-150) • Calgary (151-200) • Waterloo ranks in 52-75 range with McGill in Engineering Technology/Computer Sciences category

  5. Seniors Centre of Excellence for Research, Training, and Innovation • 192-bed facility located on the North Campus • $20M in capital funding from Ontario government + $625,000 in annual operating/curriculum funding • Source: Communications and Public Affairs, August 29, 2011 • Southern Ontario Water Consortium • $52M investment in project from FedDev, Ontario’s Ministry of Research Innovation, IBM Canada and academic consortium partners • Development platform for new water technologies in the Grand River Watershed • Waterloo the lead university and project headquarters • 5 Graduate Students Win Vanier Awards • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships worth up to $50,000/year for 3 years • 4 students received NSERC Vanier Awards, 1 received a CIHR Vanier (UW’s first)

  6. Update on leadership searches • First Year Intake; Satellite Campus Update

  7. Purpose: • Engage students, faculty, staff, alumni • Review Sixth Decade Plan • Build on EC’s 10 priority areas for 2011-2012 • Approach: • Two-stage consultations: • Stage One (September – November) • Stakeholder meetings • Online survey • Email • Stage Two (November to February) • Focus Groups • Report by March 2012

More Related