Lambda Social April 5, 2021 – Posted in News by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief As Laurentian University began its Companies’ Creditor Arrangement Act (CCAA) the community was warned that there would be cuts ahead, but the separation between Laurentian and the federated universities came as a shock to many. Dr. Aven McMaster has been teaching at Thorneloe University for 14 years. “To be told in the announcement last night that Laurentian sees us simply as an expense, taking ‘millions of dollars’ away from the university to ‘deliver’ programs that students aren’t interested in, is extremely hurtful and upsetting,” McMaster said. McMaster says that May 1st, 2021, the official date of termination of the deal between schools, does not allow the professors at the federated universities enough time to finish marking and turning in final grades for this term’s courses.