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NDP MP Charlie Angus Discusses Cuts at Laurentian University
Charlie Angus, the NDP MP who represents the northern Ontario riding of Timmins James Bay, discusses the cuts to Laurentian University’s programs and faculty positions. The Sudbury, Ontario, university is terminating 58 undergraduate and 11 graduate programs as well as roughly 110 staff positions as it restructures amid insolvency. Of those programs, 34 are English-language programs and 24 are French-language. The university announced on February 1, 2021, that it had started a court proceeding under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Laurentian is the only public institution with a mandate to support francophone, Indigenous and working-class anglophone communities and provide them with an opportunity to access post-secondary education. Angus also shares his personal link with Laurentian, as his father is a graduate of the university. The son of a miner who had to leave school at 16 to get a job, Angus’
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If the provincial government presents a plan to offer French-language university education in Sudbury, the federal government would consider financial support, the area’s Liberal MPs say.
Paul Lefebvre (Sudbury) and Marc Serre (Nickel Belt) were reacting to Laurentian University’s decision Monday to slash 35 French-language programs at its restructures.
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Lefebvre and Serre also said Laurentian’s restructuring under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act process must be completed first; the judge overseeing the case has set an April 30 deadline for the university to present its restructuring plan.
Laurentian University Cuts 69 Programs
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Laurentian University in Ontario eliminated 69 academic programs and cut more than 100 faculty jobs, Sudbury.com reported. The outlet reported that 110 faculty members lost their jobs, along with 41 support staffers and 36 administrators.
The public university has declared financial insolvency and sought protection under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act to restructure its finances and operations.
Of the 69 programs cut, 58 are undergraduate programs and 11 are graduate programs. Among the discontinued programs are undergraduate degrees in anthropology, environmental science, geography, Italian, mathematics, modern languages, music, philosophy, physics, political science and Spanish.
The university estimates that 10 percent of undergraduates are affected by the program closures. Thirty-four of the affected undergraduate programs are taught in English, while another 24 are taught in French.
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