Colleges and Institutes Canada / Collèges et instituts Canada

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Registration: 69 of 69 (2024-12-01 to present)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters	Details	Categories
Immigration	Adjust Canada’s immigration rules to better retain Canadian trained talent in in-demand occupation areas.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
International Relations	Advocate on behalf of underserved groups to ensure they have access and support to undertake student exchanges and international study experiences.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development	Advocate the renewal of the College Community Innovation Program.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development	Boost innovation by reviewing eligibility for Tri-Council and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) programming, with particular focus on expanding eligibility to Canadian colleges to access funding opportunities.	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Employment and Training	Continue to equip Canadian students with the essential skills required to thrive in a rapidly changing labour market, while also enhancing Canada’s competitiveness, boosting its productivity and deepening global ties through the renewal of the Global Skills Opportunity program.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Immigration	Discuss how colleges can support immigration programs, such as foreign credential recognition or international students, to meet Canada’s labour market needs.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Housing	Enable post-secondary institutions to obtain grants and loans to develop student housing projects, with additional supports for housing that supports students from vulnerable populations.	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Housing	Ensure adequate support for pre-apprenticeship training seats and participation in apprenticeship and technical training to support the talent development needed to meet the housing demand.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Immigration	Ensure a sustainable International Student Program, with student levels that meets national, and regional goals.	Policies or Program, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Health	Ensure Canada’s colleges and institutes have the necessary federal support to provide high-quality training for future healthcare professionals.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development	Ensure colleges are represented in key science and technology decision-making groups, such as the Board of the new capstone research organization and merit review committees.	Policies or Program, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Employment and Training	Ensure students access on the job training through funding to the Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) and the Innovative Work-Integrated Learning (I-WIL) program.	Policies or Program
Employment and Training	Ensure that the Canada Social Transfer provides sufficient support to the post-secondary education system.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Research and Development	Ensure that the new Capstone research organization is properly capitalized to ensure delivery of its objectives to meet Canada’s main policy challenges.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Bilingualism/Official Languages	Ensure the specific needs of institutions, including French institutions and those in minority linguistic communities, are taken into account when federal policies and programs are designed and delivered.	Policies or Program
Employment and Training	Facilitate employer access to apprentices through Apprenticeship Service and additional federal funding for the national promotion of the trades.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
International Development	Fund the International Education Strategy (IES) adequately to strengthen Canada’s global education brand.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Immigration	Harmonization and simplification of immigration policies with respect to facilitating study and work permit processes while ensuring integrity measures in place.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
International Relations	Increase colleges’ relationships with other countries, including access and participation in multilateral or international organizations.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Infrastructure	Increase investments and support to address colleges’ infrastructure needs to increase Canada’s training space and access in key high-demand fields that align with federal priority areas.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development	Increase support for colleges in covering indirect costs of research, including costs associated with integrating federal requirement related to research security.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
International Development	Increase support to developing countries to build capacity in their skills development systems, recognizing the critical role education and skills training play in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
International Development	Increase the Government of Canada’s investments in technical education systems.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Aboriginal Affairs	Increase the investment in the Post-Secondary Student Support Program and the Inuit and Métis Post-Secondary Education Strategies to meet the current demand of Indigenous communities to access post-secondary education.	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Research and Development	Integrate colleges as equal partners and their role explicitly articulated in the mandate and objectives of new funding mechanisms, in recognition of their capacity to deliver practical research solutions for the benefit of Canadians.	Policies or Program, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Research and Development	Launch mission-driven funding opportunities through the Tri-Council and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through Applied Research and Development Grants of the College and Community Innovation Program.	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Housing	Mobilize college and institute applied research expertise, their networks of partners across sectors, and state-of-the-art facilities to develop solutions to the housing crisis.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development	Obtain updates from federal officials on research and innovation policy development.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
International Relations	Promote the role and expertise of colleges in deepening Canada’s relationships with other countries.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
International Relations	Promote the role of colleges in using Canadian expertise to support the development of technical and vocation education sectors in partner countries.	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Intellectual Property	Promote the value of educational fair dealing in supporting colleges and institutes in their mandate to provide advanced skills and to enable them to better respond to the skills shortage.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Research and Development	Review criteria currently used to award federal funding to ensure they adequately assess and reward research impact and better reflect the unique features and contribution of college research.	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Immigration	Share impact of reforms to International Student Program and Post-Graduation Work Permit.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Education	Share with officials how colleges can support Canada’s training needs, and the role of colleges and institutes in delivering high quality education for Canadians and meeting Canada’s biggest challenges.	Policies or Program
Infrastructure	Undertake an inventory of critical skills training infrastructure to ensure Canada has the training space necessary to meet the needs in key economic sectors going forward.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
International Relations	Update and fund the International Education Strategy (IES) adequately to strengthen Canada’s global education brand.	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit