Ministers Jones and Dunlop announce additional spaces for paramedic students

Georgian welcomed Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universities, to the Barrie Campus on Thursday for a tour of the Sadlon Centre for Health, Wellness and Sciences and an announcement.

Minister Jones announced that as part of Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is helping more students who want to become a paramedic in Ontario by adding more than 300 spaces in paramedic programs at provincial colleges across Ontario this year.

Twenty of those spaces will be at Georgian in our two-year paramedic diploma, starting in September.

“At Georgian College, our paramedic graduates are in very high demand by the many regional health services we partner with,” said Kevin Weaver, President and CEO, Georgian College. “We’ve had a 100 per cent employment rate in the program since 2017 and these new spaces for 20 additional paramedic students at Georgian will better serve our community needs for a highly skilled health-care workforce, as well as help more students achieve their career aspirations.”

Read the full announcement
Minister Sylvia Jones shakes the hand of a paramedic student standing in front of an ambulance training vehicle, while two students stand in the background.
Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health shakes the hand of paramedic student Jacob Smith and meets fellow paramedic students, from left to right, Samantha Kilmurray and Taegan Dohaney.
Minister Jill Dunlop waves at the camera, standing beside three students in paramedic uniform.
Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universities, meets with Georgian College paramedic students. From left to right, Jacob Smith, Samantha Kilmurray, Taegan Dohaney, and Minister Dunlop.

Adam Smith, in paramedic uniform, speaking at a podium, with Jill Dunlop, Sylvia Jones and Kevin Weaver standing behind him, in a paramedic lab at Georgian College.
Adam Smith, two-time graduate of Georgian’s primary and advanced care paramedic programs and a paramedic with the County of Simcoe, describes how the additional student spaces will help support the paramedic profession.
Eight people stand in front of an ambulance training vehicle at Georgian College.
The tour included learning about Georgian’s new paramedic training vehicle. From left to right: student Jacob Smith; student Samantha Kilmurray; student Taegan Dohaney; Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health; Kevin Weaver, President and CEO, Georgian College; Jill Dunlop Minister of Colleges and Universities; Doug Downey, MPP Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte; Andrea Khanjin, MPP Barrie-Innisfil.

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