Open College was a radio-based university-credit distance education provider based in Toronto, Canada; it primarily served listeners in Ontario.
The service was conceived of by the Dean of Arts of Ryerson Polytechnic Institute who was inspired by the creation of Open University in the United Kingdom, which used radio and television to broadcast some of its credit courses.
In 1969, CJRT began broadcasting a non-credit education series which led to the development of credit courses two years later.
[1] In 1974, the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute divested itself of CJRT and the radio station became an independent government funded corporation with Open College as one of its departments.
[2] By the 1980s, Open College broadcasts were heard throughout Ontario as CJRT was added to the FM services offered by cable systems throughout the province.