2022-23 OSAP application for micro-credentials

Consents, Declarations and Signature of Parents

Collection and use of personal information

Your personal information, including your Social Insurance Number (SIN), provided in connection with the applicant’s application and award of financial assistance, including previous applications and financial assistance received, will be collected and used by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (ministry) to administer and finance the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). The ministry may use other parties for any of these activities. Under agreement with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the National Student Loans Service Centre (NSLSC) uses your personal information to administer OSAP. Under agreement with the ministry, the applicant’s postsecondary institution and, where authorized by the ministry, its agents who administer OSAP and its auditors, use your personal information to administer OSAP.

Administration includes: determining eligibility for financial assistance; verifying this application, including verifying the amounts and types of any other form of provincial government financial assistance; updating the applicant’s OSAP profile; paying the applicant’s financial assistance; verifying the applicant’s financial assistance; determining whether the applicant has grant overpayments; considering any applications for review of determinations relating to financial assistance, eligibility for relief from any payment or loan rehabilitation; auditing the applicant’s file; assessing and collecting loans, grant overpayments, and repayments; enforcing the legislation set out below and the applicant’s agreements with the ministry; and monitoring and auditing the NSLSC and the applicant’s postsecondary institution or its authorized agents to ensure that they are administering the programs appropriately. In addition, administration by the ministry includes public reporting on postsecondary education and training, including the administration and financing of student assistance programs and accessibility to, and affordability of, postsecondary education; planning, delivering, evaluating and monitoring student assistance programs for quality and improvements in both content and delivery; conducting risk management, error management, audit and quality assessment activities; conducting inspections or investigations; and conducting research related to postsecondary education and training, including all aspects of student assistance programs and accessibility to, and affordability of, postsecondary education and training such as developing key performance indicators on the aggregated Ontario Student Loan default rates of the applicant’s postsecondary institution’s students or for the purpose of evaluating or developing new programs. The ministry may also disclose your personal information to other ministries of the Ontario government for the purpose of conducting postsecondary education-related research on behalf of the ministry. You may be contacted to participate in surveys related to postsecondary education and training. Financing includes: planning, arranging or providing funding of the programs.

The ministry collects your personal information under the authority of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.19, as amended, O. Reg. 768/20 as amended; s.10.1 of the Financial Administration Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.F.12, as amended; and s. 266.3(4) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2. If you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, contact the Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, PO Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 6G9; 807-343-7260.

Consent of parents to the indirect collection and disclosure of personal information (REQUIRED)

I understand that the information on this form, including my residency history provided by the applicant, is a necessary part of the calculation of any financial assistance to the applicant. The information I have given is complete and true, and I will notify the applicant’s financial aid office or the ministry in writing if there are any changes. I agree that the ministry may use my personal information provided on this form and on OSAP application forms that may be submitted by the applicant in the future for the administration and enforcement of an OSAP application that may be made by me, my spouse and/or any other dependent children.
I agree that until any OSAP assistance provided to the applicant, including Micro-credential Student Loans, any grant overpayments, any amounts of excess financial assistance received and any other required repayments of financial assistance are assessed and repaid, the ministry can, without limitation, indirectly collect and exchange personal information about me that is relevant to the administration and financing of OSAP with: the applicant; Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC); Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); National Student Loans Service Centre (NSLSC); the applicant’s postsecondary institution and its authorized financial administration agents and auditors; bodies identified on this application by name or bodies that administer programs identified on this application; persons or bodies, including government bodies within and outside Canada, that administer any form of financial assistance and that may have information about my sources of income or residency; other parties used by the ministry to administer and finance OSAP; and Ontario’s Ministry of Finance and collection agencies operated or retained by the Ontario government.
I understand that personal information about me provided on OSAP applications that may be made by the applicant in the future will also be subject to use and disclosure in accordance with the previous bullet.
I understand that the personal information I provide in connection with this application and future applications made by the applicant and other personal information relevant to a reassessment or appeal may be disclosed to the applicant and any person(s) authorized by the applicant to have access to all information in the applicant’s OSAP file.
I understand that I can withdraw any consent I have given relating to an academic year for which the applicant has not received any financial assistance by writing to the Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, PO Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 6G9, at any time before the applicant accepts financial assistance. I understand that I cannot withdraw any consent relating to an academic year for which the applicant has received any amount of financial assistance. I understand that if I withdraw any consent, it will affect the applicant’s eligibility for, and the type and amount of, financial assistance under OSAP.

Consent of parents to the indirect collection and disclosure of information from income tax returns (REQUIRED)

I authorize the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to provide to the ministry identifying and income and expense information about me (“the information”) from its tax records. The information will be used solely for the purpose of determining the applicant’s entitlement to, and collecting overpayments of, financial assistance under the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). The ministry will not disclose the information to any person or organization without my written consent, except to the applicant or where authorized by or where required by law. The ministry administers OSAP under the authority of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.19, as amended, O. Reg. 768/20 as amended, and O. Reg. 70/17 as amended; s.10.1 of the Financial Administration Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.F.12, as amended; and s. 266.3(4) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2. This consent applies to the 2021 and 2022 taxation years and to any subsequent taxation year for which assistance is requested and my information is required.