Learning Through Workplace Experience Act, 2014 Sattler, Peggy — Bill 43 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

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Bill 43, Learning Through Workplace Experience Act, 2014

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Bill 43 2014

Act to amend the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act to

establish the Advisory Council on Work-Integrated Learning

Preamble

the global knowledge-based economy, governments have an important role to play

in ensuring that students have the education, skills and practical experience

needed to live meaningful and productive lives and contribute fully to growth

and prosperity.

Post-secondary

programs that integrate work and learning opportunities, such as field

placements, practicums, clinical placements, co-operative education work terms,

internships, applied research projects, and service learning, can provide

significant benefits for both students and employers. When developed and implemented

appropriately, these programs allow students to determine their fit with a

potential career or industry while gaining practical work experience to enhance

their resumes, improve their employability and increase their awareness of and

confidence about future career options.

Since

many employers hire graduates who worked for them as part of a post-secondary

program, these programs enable employers to participate in developing the

workforce skills needed for their industry or profession and to screen potential

new employees. Ontario benefits from lower youth unemployment, increased

productivity and a higher number of graduates who are equipped with skills that

satisfy labour market demands.

While

Ontario's employers and post-secondary institutions currently offer many

work-related learning opportunities to students, there is much work to be done

to increase the quality and number of these partnerships and to ensure that

Ontario realizes the full benefits that work-integrated learning can offer.

Further, it is in the interest of the people of Ontario that no student

enrolled in a post-secondary program that includes a work-integrated learning

component is denied the opportunity to take part.

The

Government of Ontario has a responsibility to establish mechanisms to

encourage, facilitate and promote these work-integrated learning opportunities

in order to meet the growing demand from students, faculty and post-secondary

institutions while providing high quality learning experiences.

Therefore,

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Section

1 of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Act is amended by adding the following

definitions:

"service

learning" means work experience designed to foster civic or social

responsibility and leadership that is undertaken with a local, provincial,

national or international organization to address community or global needs; ("apprentissage

par le service")

"work-integrated learning" means a work placement,

including a field placement, a practicum, a clinical placement, a co-operative

education work term, an internship, an applied research project or service

learning, that satisfies the criteria in subsection (2); ("apprentissage

intégré au travail")

(2) Section 1 of the Act is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Same,

"work-integrated learning"

(2) For the purposes of the definition of

"work-integrated learning" in subsection (1), a work placement is work-integrated

learning if,

(

a) the

placement is undertaken in partial fulfilment of the requirements of a

post-secondary course of study or as an option within a post-secondary course

of study;

(

b) the

placement is supervised by a university, college of applied arts and technology

or other post-secondary institution to an extent the institution considers

appropriate, as well as by an employer;

(

c) the

work, the learning outcomes and the extent of supervision are agreed to in

writing by the institution, the employer and the participant before the work

placement begins;

(

d) the

work is consistent with the agreed learning outcomes; and

(

e) the

post-secondary institution assists the student in critically reflecting on his

or her work experience.

2. The

Act is amended by adding the following section:

Advisory

Council on Work-Integrated Learning

3.1

(1) The

Advisory Council on Work-Integrated Learning and in French as Conseil

consultatif de l'apprentissage intégré au travail.

Membership

(2) The Council shall be composed of at

least 16 and no more than 20 individuals appointed by the Minister in

accordance with this

section and the regulations.

Same

(3) The Council shall be composed of,

(

a) two

persons from chambers of commerce, boards of trade, or other organizations

representing employers; and

(

b) at

least one person from each of the following groups:

(

i) Canadian

Federation of Students - Ontario.

(ii) Ontario

Undergraduate Student Alliance.

(iii) College

Student Alliance.

(iv) Colleges

Ontario.

(

v) Career

Colleges Ontario.

(vi) Council

of Ontario Universities.

(vii) Ontario

Confederation of University Faculty Associations, representing the faculty

members of universities.

(viii) Ontario

Public Service Employees Union, representing the faculty members of colleges of

applied arts and technology or other post-secondary institutions, other than

universities.

(ix) Labour

organizations, other than those representing faculty.

(

x) Professional

regulatory or licensing bodies.

(xi) Professional

associations, other than professional regulatory or licensing bodies.

(xii) Workforce

planning boards.

(xiii) Municipal

economic development offices .

(xiv) The

Ministry.

Chair

(4) The Minister shall appoint the

Council's chair from among its members.

Rules

(5) Subject to any restrictions in the

regulations, the Council may make rules governing the conduct and

administration of the Council's affairs.

Mandate

(6) The Council shall,

(

a) advise

the Minister with respect to ways to increase work-integrated learning

opportunities, particularly paid opportunities;

(

b) make

recommendations for improving the regulation and oversight of unpaid

work-integrated learning opportunities;

(

c) make

recommendations for reducing the proportion of work-integrated learning

opportunities that are unpaid;

(

d) make

recommendations for increasing awareness among employers in Ontario about,

(

i) the

benefits to employers of offering work-integrated learning opportunities,

(ii) resources

and advice for employers with respect to providing appropriate work-integrated

learning opportunities, and

(iii) the

financial and other supports offered by governments and post-secondary

institutions for employers who provide work-integrated learning opportunities;

(

e) identify

resources and supports that may assist post-secondary institutions to,

(

i) incorporate

work-integrated learning across multiple disciplines and faculties,

(ii) facilitate

the effective delivery of work-integrated learning programs, and

(iii) maximize

the educational benefits for students who participate in work-integrated

learning programs;

(

f) make

recommendations with respect to ensuring that each qualified post-secondary

student enrolled in a course of study offering work-integrated learning is

given the opportunity to participate in an appropriate placement;

(

g) make

recommendations with respect to the design and creation of a website for

sharing information about available work-integrated learning opportunities in

Ontario, including information with respect to,

(

i) specific

programs or courses at post-secondary institutions that include work-integrated

learning components,

(ii) the

skills of students interested in participating in work-integrated learning,

(iii) the

work-integrated learning opportunities being offered by employers,

(iv) the

benefits to employers of offering work-integrated learning opportunities, and

(

v) the

supports and resources available to employers and students participating in

work-integrated learning;

(

h) monitor

and report on Ontario's progress with respect to work-integrated learning

opportunities; and

(

i) advise

the Minister on any other matter in connection with work-integrated learning.

Reports

(7) The Council shall prepare an annual

report on Ontario's progress with respect to work-integrated learning

opportunities, and the report may include further recommendations and advice in

connection with the Council's mandate.

Publication

(8) The Minister shall table the report in

the Legislature and shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario

website.

Section

4 of the Act is amended by striking out "such advisory committees" and

substituting "such other advisory committees".

4. Subsection

13 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1.1) governing

the Advisory Council on Work-Integrated Learning, including the appointment of

members, their terms of office, their remuneration, the selection of

vice-chairs and the filling of vacancies;

Commencement

5. This

Act comes into force three months after the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

6. The

short title of this Act is the Learning Through Workplace

Experience Act, 2014 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Ministry of Training, Colleges and

Universities Act to establish the Advisory Council on Work-Integrated

Learning. The Council's members are appointed by the Minister from various

groups. In general, the Council's mandate is to advise the Minister in

connection with work-integrated learning opportunities. The mandate also

includes making recommendations with respect to a website for sharing

information about work-integrated learning opportunities in Ontario. The Bill

requires the Council to report annually on Ontario's progress in this area.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

November 20, 2014

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 20, 2014

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 43

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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