Cuts at Ontario Colleges Leading to Nearly 10,000 Job Losses, Union Says
ONTARIO, CANADA, JUL 09 – More than 8,000 jobs lost in Ontario colleges due to a 35% cut in international study permits, affecting academic, support, and administrative staff, arbitrator William Kaplan reported.
- Close to 10,000 college faculty and staff in Ontario have lost or are projected to lose their jobs, according to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union.
- The cuts are said to represent 'one of the largest mass layoffs in Ontario's history' amid a funding crisis in colleges, according to the union.
- Nearly 1 in 10 Ontarians have experienced a campus closure in their community, affecting about 1.5 million people.
- The union warns that layoffs and program suspensions will have generational impacts, stating that 'the province has been chronically underfunding post-secondary education,' as said by Hornick.
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OPSEU raising alarm regarding layoffs in Ontario’s colleges
The province’s college sector is experiencing ‘one of the largest mass layoffs in Ontario’s history,’ according to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). The union says nearly 10,000 of its members are either at risk or have already lost their jobs. In early July, OPSEU released its three-year collective agreement with the College Employer Council. The document notes that colleges have either cancelled or paused more than 600 progra…
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