A would-be Bachelor of Education student complained that he was denied admission because of a mistake in his application due to a miscommunication with the university. We referred him to the university’s dispute resolution service. Read about how we helped other people in our Selected cases . … …
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A would-be Bachelor of Education student complained that he was denied admission because of a mistake in his application due to a miscommunication with the university.
A processing predicament
A woman complained to us after her acceptance into a university program through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC), was somehow not processed, meaning she lost her spot and was put on a waitlist. Our Office referred her to OUAC first, to determine whether the error occurred as …
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A woman complained to us after her acceptance into a university program through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC), was somehow not processed, meaning she lost her spot and was put on a wait list.
A matter of exposure
A student complained that one of his female classmates was refused entry into class for having her shoulders exposed. He emailed the school board and, not receiving a response, reached out to our Office. Our staff facilitated communication between the school board and the youth, who was satisfied …
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A student complained that one of his female classmates was refused entry into class for having her shoulders exposed.
A learning experience
A would-be Bachelor of Education student complained that he was denied admission because he included a one-on-one teaching experience in his application - he said the university did not make it clear that he should not do so. We referred him to the university’s dispute resolution service. Our staff …
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A would-be Bachelor of Education student complained that he was denied admission because he included a one-on-one teaching experience in his application - he said the university did not make it clear that he should not do so.
Zero balance
A student enrolled in a college’s early childhood education program, but was unable to attend. She did inform the college, but because she missed the deadline to withdraw from the course, she received a grade of zero and was asked to pay $1,400 in outstanding program fees. Our review determined …
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A student enrolled in a college’s early childhood education program, but was unable to attend. She did inform the college, but because she missed the deadline to withdraw from the course.
To be fair
A student who had been expelled from university after an academic fraud inquiry complained to us that the university failed to respond to its own ombudsman’s report on his case, which raised concerns about the fairness of the inquiry and the sanctions it imposed. The university had changed its …
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A student who had been expelled from university after an academic fraud inquiry complained to us that the university failed to respond to its own ombudsman’s report on his case, which raised concerns about the fairness of the inquiry and the sanctions it imposed.
Not a loan
A student who moved back home to live with her parents in the last semester of her two-year college program complained that her OSAP funding was denied. Her parents were both significantly ill and had lent her $5,000 from their retirement fund to pay for school. Ombudsman staff reached out to OSAP …
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A student who moved back home to live with her parents in the last semester of her two-year college program complained that her OSAP funding was denied.
Monitors, not medics
The mother of a five-year-old girl with medical needs enrolled her in a special program after she was told a bus monitor would be assigned to administer the child’s medication if needed. But in fact, bus monitors are not trained to give any medication except epi-pens or asthma inhalers in certain …
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The mother of a five-year-old girl with medical needs enrolled her in a special program after she was told a bus monitor would be assigned to administer the child’s medication if needed.
Looking for answers
A student complained to us that his university had failed to respond to him on several matters, including a grade appeal, requests for a bursary and a refund for a dropped course. We made several inquiries with the university and found that it had not effectively communicated its process or …
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A student complained to us that his university had failed to respond to him on several matters, including a grade appeal, requests for a bursary and a refund for a dropped course.
Credit deserved
The parent of a high school student with autism spectrum disorder contacted us after she was informed by her son’s school that he would not receive credit for one of his courses because he had not met course expectations. The mother’s understanding was that her son had passed all tests and …
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The parent of a high school student with autism spectrum disorder contacted us after she was informed by her son’s school that he would not receive credit for one of his courses because he had not met course expectations.
Too Cool For School Too
Investigation into Cambrian College’s administration of its Health Information Management Program and the oversight provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. FOR SCHOOL TOO TOO COOL OMBUDSMAN REPORT André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario August 2009 DIRECTOR, SPECIAL OMBUDSMAN …
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Investigation into Cambrian College’s administration of its Health Information Management Program and the oversight provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
Too Cool For School
OMBUDSMAN REPORT André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario July 2009 Investigation into the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities’ Oversight of Bestech Academy Inc. and Enforcement of the Private Career Colleges Act FOR SCHOOL TOO COOL DIRECTOR, SPECIAL OMBUDSMAN RESPONSE TEAM (SORT) Gareth Jones …
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Investigation into the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities’ oversight of Bestech Academy Inc. and enforcement of the Private Career Colleges Act.
Careless About Child Care
Ombudsman Report • André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario • October 2014 Investigation into how the Ministry of Education responds to complaints and concerns relating to unlicensed daycare providers Child CareA boutCareless …
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Investigation into how the Ministry of Education responds to complaints and concerns relating to unlicensed daycare providers.