http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/programming-bootcamp-investigated-by-education-officials/article12786527/
http://readwrite.com/2013/06/27/bitmaker-labs-embarks-on-regulation-process
“Under the 2005 Private Career Colleges Act, programs that cost more than $1,000 or last for more than 40 hours are legally private colleges. (Bitmaker Labs lasts for nine weeks and costs $9,000.) While the company originally agreed to work with the MTCU to undergo regulation at great cost to their business model, it found out on Thursday that it was eligible for a face-saving exception.
“It turns out that how we’re structured, and the fact that most of our students come in with some basic coding skills, we were actually able to qualify for an exemption under Professional Development and therefore we’re allowed to operate,”
http://readwrite.com/2013/07/04/canadian-coding-camp-bitmaker-labs-is-back-in-business
“….focused more on educating than credentialing.
“The program is only nine weeks. There are no grades, no pieces of paper. We thought we were in some kind of grey area,” he said.”
“That grey area is important, Jarmain said, because having to get the MTCU to sign off on curriculum means some of what gets taught can be obsolete before students take their seats. The way that web development techniques called Ajax works can change from year to year, for example. As Bitmaker Labs now tries to become accredited, there’s a fear it won’t be able to keep skills relevant. “We have had some people drop out of other programs and come to us for precisely that reason.”
“The Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities offers a free pre-screening process to anyone seeking information about whether or not Ontario’s legislation applies to particular schools and programs in order to assist businesses that wish to offer new programs,”
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/dashboard/bitmaker-labs-lesson-wrong-canadian-tech-education-185056404.html
“Exemption under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 means that an institution is not required to be registered with the Superintendent of Private Career Colleges and/or a program offered by an institution does not require approval before being offered to the public.”
http://heatherpayne.ca/on-education-and-regulations-and-innovation/
http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/pepg/audiences/pcc/factsheet1.pdf