We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Starting a policy project

A policy project will arise from an identified policy gap. This means a question, a process, or a responsibility that is not addressed by any existing policy instrument.

A project could take many forms:

Editorial amendments to an existing policy (e.g. changing contact information in a policy)
Substantive amendments to an existing policy
Developing new procedures to support an existing policy
Developing a new policy with supporting procedures

You should contact policy@ontariotechu.ca when you identify a policy gap for help in deciding the best approach.

Drafting policy instruments

If you are amending an existing policy instrument, contact policy@ontariotechu.ca for the latest approved version to work from. If an existing policy instrument has not been amended in a long time, the Policy Office will advise if edits are needed to update to the current template. If you are drafting from scratch, you can retrieve policy instrument templates from our website.

Getting a policy instrument approved

The guide to approval path and mandatory consultation steps lays out the mandatory steps for each category and type of policy instrument.

Contact policy@ontariotechu.ca for assistance in planning the consultation and approval of a policy instrument.

Determining category and type of policy instrument

The policy framework lays out a mandatory consultation and approval path for each category of policy instrument and for each type of policy instrument within a category. The Policy Office is responsible for determining the categorization of each policy instrument.

If you are working on a policy instrument and you are not sure which category applies, we have developed a tool to help determine the policy instrument category. Try the interactive tool or view an image.

Contact policy@ontariotechu.ca if you have a policy instrument in need of categorization.