University colleges in Ontario

A university college is a federated or affiliated academic university institution of a larger public university (often referred to as the "parent" campus). Federated and affiliated colleges have existed in Ontario, Canada, for over a century.[1] The establishment of these institutions came from Christian religious groups. There are a total of 16 such university colleges in Ontario.

University colleges share a number of characteristics:

  • Focus on undergraduate studies in the liberal arts and post-degree professional programs in the helping professions (i.e. social work, teaching, etc.)
  • Experiential learning opportunities and student life rooted in altruism and social justice
  • Residence for students who wish to live on campus
  • A smaller campus community within a greater campus community (this experience is often advertised as the "best of both worlds")
  • Small class sizes
  • Student services and resources exclusively for those students for whom the university college is their home campus, referred to as "co-registration" due to simultaneous access to services of parent campus

Affiliated versus federated university colleges

"Affiliated" and "federated" are often used interchangeably when describing a university college, but they have somewhat different legal relationship with the parent campus. For example, affiliated university colleges typically suspend their degree-granting powers so their students are able to officially earn their degree from the “parent” institution. [2] A federated university college differs in that, although it is a type of affiliation, it is where "two or more institutions come together to create a new university that is recognized by civic authorities and is eligible for government funding" (MacDonald, 2016).[3]

List of Ontario university colleges
Ontario affiliated and federated University College Institutions Primarily Offering Secular Degree Programs
Public University Federated and affiliated institution Year of federation or affiliation Religious heritage
Carleton University Dominican University College 2012 Catholic
Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne Huntington University 1960 United
University of Sudbury / Université de Sudbury 1960 Catholic
Thorneloe University 1963 Anglican
Université de Hearst 1957 (Sudbury), 1963 (Laurentian) Catholic (fully secular since 1971)
University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa Saint Paul University / Université Saint-Paul 1965 Catholic
University of Toronto University of St. Michael's College 1910 Catholic
University of Trinity College 1904 Anglican
Victoria University 1890 United
University of Waterloo Conrad Grebel University College 1963 Mennonite
Renison University College 1960 Anglican
St. Jerome's University 1959 Catholic
United College 1961 United (fully secular since 2005)
Western University Brescia University College 1919 Catholic
Huron University College 1878 Anglican
King's University College 1954 Catholic
[4]
Affiliated and Federated Institutions Primarily Offering Theological Programs
Public university Affiliated or federated institution Year of affiliation or federation Religious heritage
Brock University Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary 1976 Lutheran
McMaster University McMaster Divinity College 1957 Baptist
Queen’s University Queen's Theological College (now Queen’s School of Religion) 1912 United
University of Toronto Emmanuel College 1925 United
Knox College 1890 Presbyterian
Regis College 1978 Catholic
St. Augustine’s Seminary 1978 Catholic
Toronto School of Theology 1979 Multiple
Wycliffe College 1885 Anglican
University of Windsor Assumption University 1919 (Western), 1963 (Windsor) Catholic
Canterbury College 1957 (Assumption), 1963 (Windsor) Anglican
Iona College 1963 United
Western University St. Peter’s Seminary 1912 Catholic
Wilfrid Laurier University Martin Luther University College 1914 Lutheran
Note: Some theological institutions are affiliated with another affiliated institution, which in turn is affiliated with a publicly supported university.[5]

References
  1. David Trick, Affiliated and Federated Universities as Sources of University Differentiation (Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2015).
  2. MacDonald, Moira (January 13, 2016). "Federated and affiliated colleges: different but (mainly) equal".
  3. MacDonald, Moira (January 13, 2016). "Federated and affiliated colleges: different but (mainly) equal".
  4. Trick, Table 1, p. 8.
  5. Trick, Table 2, p. 9.
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