End of public-private partnerships will cost northern Ontario colleges millions
CBC
Two northern Ontario colleges say a shift in immigration policy that will mark the end of international student enrolment at their private college partners is going to cost them millions of dollars.
Cambrian and Northern Colleges have recently learned how a cap on international student permits will affect them.
Federal Immigration minister Marc Miller announced changes to the allocation of international study permits in January.
It was, in part, to address pressures on housing, as Ontario's colleges and universities increasingly rely on the higher tuition of foreign students during a domestic tuition freeze.
Cambrian College President Kristine Morrissey said their main Sudbury campus won't be affected as much as they had feared.
"At the onset we were anticipating a 50 percent reduction as we were awaiting the news of our specific allocations," she said.
Morrissey said about half of Cambrian's 6,000 students in Sudbury are from overseas and that number is expected to stay about the same next year, thanks to the college's focus on training programs for high-demand careers, as well as an increase in Canadian students.
However, since international enrolment will end at private colleges after May, Cambrian will lose revenue as its partnership with the private Brampton-based Hanson College, winds down.
Morrissey said that will amount to about $25 million less in Cambrian's bank accounts every year, meaning the college may need to find other ways to pay for infrastructure improvements to its Sudbury campus in the future.
"That doesn't necessarily mean that all of our financial troubles are gone," said Morrissey.
"So I think we will still continue to work with our provincial government and look for opportunities for additional grants."
It's a similar scenario for Northern College, which has a public-private partnership with Pures College in Midland and Scarborough, with a total of 4,000 students
President Mitch Dumas said they will receive slightly fewer international students next year at its campuses in Timmins, Kirkland Lake and Haileybury.
But the phasing out its partnership with Pures will cost Northern about $30 million a year, or a third of its budget.
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