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July 6, 2023
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Employment Matters Vlog #27
Speaker: Shana French (Sherrard Kuzz / Ontario)
Bill 26, Strengthening Post-Secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 amends the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act and the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 to add new rules and requirements regarding sexual misconduct toward a student by an employee of a publicly-assisted university or college of applied arts and technology, or a private career college (“Institution”). Key changes come into effect on July 1, 2023.
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