This document summarizes a webinar presentation about regulating private career colleges in Ontario. It discusses what private career colleges are, how they are regulated by the Private Career Colleges Act, and the protections this law provides to students. These protections include requirements for enrollment contracts, refund policies, qualified instructors, and complaint procedures. The summary also outlines remedies available to students who experience problems, such as making a complaint to the Superintendent who enforces the Act or claiming compensation from the Training Completion Assurance Fund.

1. To view this presentation as a webinar with sound visit CLEONet http://www.cleonet.ca/training CLEONet is a web site of legal information for community workers and advocates who work with low-income and disadvantaged communities in Ontario. www.cleonet.ca

2. About our presenter… Margaret Capes, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., M.Ad.Ed, is Legal Education Coordinator of Community Law School (Sarnia-Lambton) Inc. She also acts as Review Counsel for Community Legal Services, as an adjunct professor in the clinical law program, and as faculty advisor for Pro Bono Students Canada and the Dispute Resolution Centre, all at the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario. She is the former Executive Director of Community Legal Assistance Sarnia.

3. Hot Topics in Consumer Protection: Private Career Colleges

20. 2010, Community Law School (Sarnia-Lambton) Inc. This webinar was brought to you by CLEONet. For more information visit the Consumer Law section of CLEONet at www.cleonet.ca For more public legal information webinars visit: http://www.cleonet.ca/training