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==Public colleges==
The modern college system in Ontario which focuses on [[vocational training]] was established through the [[Ontario Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] [[Bill Davis]]' Bill-153 on May 21, 1965. This legislation aimed to establish a distinct post-secondary educational system separate from universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/about/history.html?PageMode=Print|title=History of Mohawk College|publisher=[[Mohawk College]]|access-date=2011-08-14}}</ref><ref name=ontcolhist>{{cite book|title=Applied Degree Education and the Future of Work|year=2020|last1=Hong|first1=Christina|first2=Will W. K.|last2=Ma|publisher=Springer Nature Singapore|isbn=9789811531422|page=51–52}}</ref> All 24 publicly funded colleges in Ontario were established through the ''Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 1965'', which outlined that these institutions were to provide "career-oriented, post-secondary education and training to assist individuals in finding and keeping employment, to meet the needs of employers and the changing work environment and to support the economic and social development of their local and diverse communities."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/02o08f|title=Law Document English View|date=24 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=ontcolhist/> These CAATs represented a consolidation of
Public colleges in Ontario historically only provided [[Academic certificate|certificate]], [[apprenticeship]], and [[diploma]] programs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/page/go-college-or-university-ontario|website=www.ontario.ca|publisher=King's Printer for Ontario|date=2 January 2024|access-date=11 January 2024|title=Go to college or university in Ontario}}</ref> and did not offer [[academic degree|degree]] programs, as the province had one of the most stringent regulations in North America in restricting degree-granting authority solely to [[universities]].<ref name=ontcolhist/> In 2000, the [[Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development]] authorized colleges to offer a limited number of applied baccalaureate degrees under the ''Postsecondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000''. However, in contrast to public universities, which possess full degree-granting authority through legislation, public colleges in Ontario can only offer specific degrees after receiving ministerial consent from the provincial government.<ref name=ontcolhist/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/page/postsecondary-degree-authority-ontario|website=www.ontario.ca|publisher=King's Printer for Ontario|date=2 January 2024|access-date=11 January 2024|title=Postsecondary degree authority in Ontario}}</ref>
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