Blogs

By Laura Viselli, Associate Director, Research and Foresight   May 2026 marks the fifth-year anniversary of eCampusOntario’s research and foresight team. As the only organization in Canada with full-time foresight practitioners, we’re always on the lookout for what’s next.  In the last 5 years, our Research and Foresight team has:   To celebrate our anniversary, we invested $23,580 into building foresight capacity in the sector.  With a new academic year in full swing in Fall 2025, Ontario postsecondary […]

Navigating a rich collection of open educational resources can raise a simple question: Where to start? The Camerise Communities Collection has been designed precisely with this challenge in mind, by providing a variety of easy access points. And thanks to a partnership between York University and eCampusOntario, the collection is available through the eCampusOntario Open […]

eCampusOntario Supports a Collaborative AI Future for Higher Education, Skills and Innovation  TORONTO, ON — Canada’s new National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence, AI for All, outlines a bold vision to ensure Canadians can benefit from artificial intelligence through education, workforce development, innovation, and economic growth.  Delivering on that vision will require more than policy. It will require coordinated action across education, industry, […]

Discover the Camerise Communities collection now available in the eCampusOntario Open Library and access open educational resources (OER) developed directly from real-world practice, designed to support those teaching French, whether in initial teacher education, early career stages, or ongoing professional development. These are resources that can be retained, reused, revised, redistributed, and remixed, showcasing authentic […]

From shrinking budgets to rising expectations and an urgent need to prepare students for an AI‑driven workforce, most institutions are still navigating AI with limited training, unclear governance, and overextended faculty.  The good news? These new technologies can unlock enormous savings if they are adopted responsibly and strategically.     Let’s look at three ready-to-try tools that institutions can use to reduce costs, free […]

How can your students improve their career potential with soft skills, public speaking proficiency, and mock-interviews with the help of voice AI assistants? The eCampusOntario EdTech Sandbox gives institutions and educators hands-on access to emerging tools that enhance digital learning, support student success, and inspire new pedagogical possibilities. Here are 5 tools that you can […]

By Iris Elliott and Phuong Diep   (Part 3 of the three-part series on Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in Ontario, link to post 1, and post 2 of this series)   In the first post of this series, we stepped back to look at Ontario’s WIL ecosystem: who is involved, why WIL matters, and how a hierarchy of needs helps explain where pressure, influence, and opportunity sit […]

A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity for Innovation  Canada is at a pivotal moment. As global markets shift and technological disruption accelerates, the country faces mounting pressure to strengthen its domestic capacity, support economic resilience, and prepare for a rapidly changing future.   At the centre of this transformation are small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs), the backbone of Canada’s economy and a powerful engine […]

By Iris Elliott and Phuong Diep   In our first post, we mapped the Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) ecosystem and introduced a hierarchy of the needs for all the players in this space. This post turns the lens to Ontario PSIs, how they’re meeting those needs in different, practical ways to keep quality WIL moving forward. For a sector definition of WIL, […]