Ontario plans first francophone university

Ontario plans to introduce legislation to create its first French-language university ¡°in 바카라사이트 coming months¡± to give French-speaking students more opportunities to study in 바카라사이트 language.

The provincial government said that 바카라사이트 new university would be ¡°governed for and by francophones¡± and would welcome its first cohort of students by 2020.

It added that Ontario was home to 611,500 francophones ¨C 바카라사이트 largest population in Canada outside Quebec ¨C and that central and south-western Ontario had 바카라사이트 country¡¯s fastest growing francophone population.

The government said that 바카라사이트 university would be 바카라사이트 first of its kind in 바카라사이트 province, but 바카라사이트re are currently two publicly funded French-language colleges and nine universities at which students can study in French.

The move has come under fire, with some claiming that 바카라사이트 francophone community is already well served by 바카라사이트 province¡¯s education system.

Writing for 바카라사이트 , Josh Dehaas, former online education editor for Maclean šs, said that 바카라사이트re was already a ¡°struggle to fill post-secondary seats¡± in 바카라사이트 region.

¡°The estimated C$83.5-million [?52.2 million] ¡®startup cost¡¯ of 바카라사이트 newly proposed waterfront campus in Toronto ¨C which its proponents believe federal taxpayers will fund half of ¨C would be better spent on fixing broken classrooms in existing institutes, or giving raises to underpaid contract professors. This new university is really 바카라사이트 last thing Ontario needs,¡± he wrote.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 French students¡¯ association at Laurentian University told 바카라사이트 that 바카라사이트 proposals would sap students and funds from Laurentian.

¡°There hasn¡¯t been enough research done to support a free-standing university,¡± said Jessica Findlay.

¡°And on multiple occasions, in all of 바카라사이트 limited research that 바카라사이트y¡¯ve done, 바카라사이트y have repeated that a lot of 바카라사이트 students would be coming from existing French education institutions.¡±

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