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In regards to the allegation that Trios will do anything to keep its OSAP money I think that could be subjectively said about any educational insitution so the question is this-is this particular to Tris or merely the anger of the reviewer speaking because in the same comment the reviewer says they do not feel the school cared about them. Sounds as if the student had a personal issue with the school that made them very angry and has that coloured the rest of what they said?

I find it strange the same reviewer who claims the school will do anything to keep OSAP funding also will also do anything possible to have the OSAP money cancelled....so which one is it?

The reviewer using the cover of autonomy has not commented on the school's competency but made an accusation the school attacked the reviewer's reputation personally. I think therein lies the problem. This is not a review, its an angry former student who feels hard done by. So now the question is, is anything else credible?

Well something doesn't add up.The only way a student would not be entitled to write the P1 exam is if they did not complete their studies and that means pass every course and complete the internship and then not have any criminal record that would disqualify them from entitlement. That stipulation is mandated by the Law Society not the college.

The Law Society can not prevent someone from entitlement if they have no criminal disentitlement and they have completed all their required courses and internship. Its just not true to say they would not allow membership because someone switched schools. Students do it all the time.

I think students should do their homework. Any college has its pros and cons. Private paralegal colleges tend to allow you to complete the program in one year through intensive daily attendance in courses at a minimum of 4 hours.

In community colleges it is spread out over a period of years so it depends on how fast you want to do it.


As well community colleges can be overwheming in size, with much larger classes so some students prefer private colleges because they are smaller.

The curriculum for paralegal and law clerk programs is set by the Law Society and ILCO (the association for Law Clerks).

How a student does depends on them. This is adult education. Some students are weak in written or oral English and so they struggle and then blame it on the teacher. Others hate reading and try to get through with as little work as possible.

Students of paralegal or law clerk programs have to be prepared to do a lot of home study and reading.

Ask questions of all colleges. Never feel pressured to make a decision.

By: KALM1

TRIOS SUUBSTANDARD EDUCATION, HARASSMENT & DESTROYED PARALEGAL CAREER

Re: “In regards to the allegation that Trios will do anything to keep its OSAP money I think that could be subjectively said about any educational insitution so the question is this-is this particular to Tris or merely the anger of the reviewer speaking because in the same comment the reviewer says they do not feel the school cared about them. Sounds as if the student had a personal issue with the school that made them very angry and has that coloured the rest of what they said?”
This is not what was said – what was said is that the College does not care about the students in general, and yes I was one of them. Also, it is reasonable to assume that any student that has a problem with the college could consider it to be personal, particularly when through reckless disregard of the result of their unprofessionalism and ignorance of the industries they are supposedly training students for, they destroy the future career of any student.

Re: “I find it strange the same reviewer who claims the school will do anything to keep OSAP funding also will also do anything possible to have the OSAP money cancelled....so which one is it?” It’s both – they wait until you have paid most of your tuition to them and then they have your funding cancelled to prevent you from completing your studies with them, or any other institution – conveniently for them – after any deadlines they would be required to issue a refund under the Private Career Colleges Act.
Re: “The reviewer using the cover of autonomy has not commented on the school's competency but made an accusation the school attacked the reviewer's reputation personally. I think therein lies the problem. This is not a review, its an angry former student who feels hard done by. So now the question is, is anything else credible?”
This is an excellent example of the double standards employed by TriOS employees. While I have clearly identified myself as a former student, KALM1 and many of the other commentators on this site do not identify themselves as the TriOS employees that they are, but attempt to represent themselves as happy and satisfied students. As far as the competency of the college staff, there was one instructor who was good, and the rest were totally incompetent. Classes consisted mostly of instructors flipping through textbooks telling the students what would be on the exam, yet they suspend or expel students for plagarism or cheating. Can you say double standard? This employee attacks my credibility – why? In my opinion it is because everything I have written is true and therefore they only way they can defend themselves is to discredit me personally. Hmmmm kinda supports my original claims now doesn’t it.

Re: “Well something doesn't add up.The only way a student would not be entitled to write the P1 exam is if they did not complete their studies and that means pass every course and complete the internship and then not have any criminal record that would disqualify them from entitlement. That stipulation is mandated by the Law Society not the college.”
This comment only emphasizes the ignorance of the writer with regards to how LSUC licensing works. Yes you can get your educational requirements and write the exam, but if you are not “of good character” the LSUC can deny you your license. Being disciplined by the staff at these mickey mouse colleges, who hold zero credentials of their own is enough to have the LSUC declare you as not being of good character and deny you your license. Some of the staff at these places don’t even have any educational certifications of their own yet they sit in judgement of students, many of whom have multiple degrees in other areas of study or from other countries.

Re: “The Law Society can not prevent someone from entitlement if they have no criminal disentitlement and they have completed all their required courses and internship. Its just not true to say they would not allow membership because someone switched schools. Students do it all the time.”

Once again this person is only proving that they are not competent to comment on this issue. An expulsion from any school or college is sufficient to derail attempts to gain a paralegal license.

Re: I think students should do their homework. Any college has its pros and cons. Private paralegal colleges tend to allow you to complete the program in one year through intensive daily attendance in courses at a minimum of 4 hours.

Yes, do your homework – such as coming to sites such as this one to get the truth. While you pay the college upwards of $15k for one year of these 4 hour classes, only approximately 1.5 – 2 hours of those 4 hours of class time include the instructor flipping through the textbook that they call ‘quality education’. In fact, if you sat at home reading the text material you would save the travel time and learn more than attending the so-called classes presented by these frauds. NOTE: I challenge any student to go to their website and find a statement of the college – not testimonials of non-employees, that the college offers any sort of ‘quality education’. In their opinion, the best way to choose a PCC is to rely on the school’s reputation which is trumped up through contests of students to see who can write the best review. Doesn’t mean any of it is true. If the education is so good, why don’t they list that as the first qualifier to look for? Because it isn’t. This is why reputable employers will tell you that your TriOS certificate or diploma isn’t worth the .10 cent piece of paper it is written on.

Re: “In community colleges it is spread out over a period of years so it depends on how fast you want to do it. As well community colleges can be overwheming in size, with much larger classes so some students prefer private colleges because they are smaller.”

The longest Provincial College paralegal program is two years, unless you can get into a one year accelerated program. Yes classes are larger, but the quality of the education is far superior in every aspect and you are not likely to be targeted for harassment by immature and unqualified staff.

Re: “The curriculum for paralegal and law clerk programs is set by the Law Society and ILCO (the association for Law Clerks).” Again – not true. The requirements of the curriculum are set out by the LSUC and ILCO but the actual curriculum is built and delivered by each College individually. TriOS College is still using textbooks that refer to the GST and PST and the ‘pending’ change in limit of the small claims court from $10k to $25k but claim they don’t allow students to have their books until two days before classes start so they can keep the material up to date.

Re: “How a student does depends on them. This is adult education. Some students are weak in written or oral English and so they struggle and then blame it on the teacher. Others hate reading and try to get through with as little work as possible.”

This again is not necessarily true. In my classes there were students who were not able to operate a keyboard, and many who could not formulate a comprehensible sentence in English, yet they passed the entrance requirement testing provided by the College only to struggle, and be encouraged to stay in the program as long as possible before having to drop out – while TriOS laughs their way to the bank with their tuition money that after a certain length of time in the program they do not have to refund.

Re: “Students of paralegal or law clerk programs have to be prepared to do a lot of home study and reading.”

This is true.

Re: “Ask questions of all colleges. Never feel pressured to make a decision.”

Yes ask questions of all colleges, but don’t believe a word the person you meet with at TriOS tells you. They have a clause in their contract that upon signing it, you acknowledge that you have not relied upon any written, oral or implied representation of the school’s representatives when making the decision to sign the contract. Why would that be? It’s because they will tell you falsehoods before you sign on the dotted line only to find out later, after you have paid your tuition, that they were lies.

Save your time and money and get thee to a Provincial College that, after graduation, will issue you a certification you can proudly hang in your cubical or office of a reputable employer.