CUPE Saskatchewan is warning that the termination of 80 Jordan’s Principle educational assistants (EAs) in Saskatoon is placing students at risk and leaving schools understaffed. SaskToday explains that, after the cuts to Jordan’s Principle funding, Saskatoon Public Schools terminated the contracts of 80 temporary EAs. “It’s heartbreaking to see education assistants losing their jobs because of the funding cuts to Jordan’s Principle, while Indigenous students struggle without the support they need,” said Shandell McLeod, Vice-chairperson of CUPE SK’s Educational Workers Steering Committee. SK Education Shadow Minister Matt Love added that the province’s school divisions are trying to offer regular contracts this Fall but are struggling to do so with limited resources. CUPE is calling on the Government of Saskatchewan to backfill the funding cuts to Jordan’s Principle.
