Ontario lags other provinces – and particularly Quebec – in support for beginning farmers

Why, for example, say young Ontario farmers, can their Quebec counterparts get a $30,000 grant to attend the Campus d’Alfred in eastern Ontario when they cannot?

by SUZANNE DEUTSCH

The Campus d’Alfred is the only Ontario agriculture college to offer diploma and certificate programs taught exclusively in French, and just under half of the 130 students that attend it come from Quebec. 

“The dropout rate, however, is much higher among Ontario students,” says vice-principal Gabriel Gauthier. “They don’t have that financial incentive that Quebecers have to complete their diploma.”

Better Farming – November 2010