All persons who are or were students at one or more of the members of the Defendant Class of Ontario Colleges and enrolled in courses or programs of study that were eligible and reported for funding under the Ontario “general purpose operating grant", from April 1, 2003 to the date of the motion for certification of this action as a class proceeding.

The Defendant Class of Ontario Colleges are all Ontario postsecondary colleges that have offered courses or programs of instruction eligible and reported for funding under the Ontario “general purpose operating grant”, and comprising:

• The Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• Collège Boréal d'arts appliqués et de technologie;
• Collège d'arts appliqués et de technologie La Cité collégiale;
• The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning;
• The Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning;
• The Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The St. Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology;
• The Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning;
• The Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology.