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Ontario Liberals to fund 6,000 more graduate degrees

Only certain programs will get new money

June 7, 2011

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Today, Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities announced the creation of 6,000 new spots for master and doctoral students in "high-demand and emerging fields - such as engineering, health and environmental studies." The seats would be rolled out between now and 2015. However, these plans may not come to fruition if the Liberal government loses the election in October, which looks increasingly today as a new Angus-Reid poll shows Premier Dalton McGuinty has an approval rating of just 19 per cent.

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Josh Dehaas is a writer and editor focused on post-secondary education and training. He has a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph.

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