No you can’t sign an RESP account over to the beneficiary.

Secondly, is there any way to have an RESP signed over to the beneficiary so that it is in his/her name rather than the subscriber’s? (Assuming the subscriber is okay with this).

There isn’t anything you can do to take ownership of the money.

My concern is this – why in his name? Is this a necessary part of an RESP? I told him I would like it to be in my name, so that I can control my own finances and pay my own tuition cheques, taking responsibility in my own studies. I don’t plan on using it for anything other than tuition. I am in fact a little worried about HIM possibly using it for something other than tuition, or if anything happens to him that nobody can access the account any more and the money is lost. Being only 18, I don’t know much on these matters, though I would like to since it’s a part of growing up and I want to learn to be a responsible adult.
In any case, when I brought up that I would like the account to be in my name so that I can have responsibility, he refused and told me that it’s his money that he saved up and that he’ll decide how it’s spent. When I objected he insisted that he would not use it on anything other than my tuition, but I’m not convinced and if it will only be used on tuition as he says, I don’t understand why he said he can “decide how it’s spent” and why I can’t have access to the account or have it in my name. Is there anything I can do in this situation to have responsibility over the money that is meant for *my* tuition?