Georgian, Loyalist, OCADU announce partnerships

Georgian College, Loyalist College, and OCAD University have each announced new partnerships to bolster education or research. Georgian and the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) have partnered to appoint adjunct scientists to enhance health research and education. The collaboration aims to foster innovation at Georgian and help RVH become an academic health sciences centre. […]

Eleven colleges in Ontario have come together to form the Ontario Regional Economic Workforce and Innovation Network (OREWIN), a college network devoted to protecting Ontario’s economic future. OREWIN will be chaired by Canadore College President George Burton and will include Cambrian College, Canadore, Collège Boréal, Collège La Cité, Confederation College, Fleming College, Lambton College, Loyalist […]

The City of Belleville’s City Council has formally approved its support of Loyalist College’s appeal for improved postsecondary funding and passed a motion urging the Government of Ontario to review its funding for postsecondary education. The motion follows similar moves from Hastings County and the City of Quinte West. The Belleville Intelligencer reports that Counsellor […]

The City of Quinte West’s city council has approved a resolution that supports Loyalist College. This resolution was adopted after Loyalist President Mark Kirkpatrick spoke to municipal councils in February. It supports Loyalist’s commitment to educating the region’s domestic and international students; expresses concern about the Government of Ontario’s postsecondary funding; requests that ON reconsider […]

Hastings County councillors are criticizing the Government of Ontario’s underfunding of postsecondary education and its impact on Loyalist College. Loyalist President Mark Kirkpatrick has been meeting with municipal councils to discuss the college’s program cuts and their expected regional effects. At these meetings, Kirkpatrick described how ON spending—44 cents on postsecondary education for every dollar […]

Loyalist College’s Board of Governors has confirmed that it will be indefinitely suspending 24 programs as part of its efforts to address a projected $40M loss of revenue for the coming year. Quinte News reports that the cut programs include Architectural Technology, Cloud Computing, Financial Technology, and Public Relations – Event Management. Loyalist President Mark […]

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) members—representing college faculty and staff—held rallies on college campuses across Ontario on Wednesday to draw attention to provincial funding cuts to the college system. The rallies highlighted the ongoing crisis regarding widespread program closures and layoffs. Participants are calling for bridge funding to preserve programming and staff, college funding […]

Loyalist College and Simon Fraser University have announced new programs focused on the health sector. Loyalist has launched a Pharmacy Technician program and an Acupuncture program, which will prepare graduates for careers working alongside primary healthcare providers to support community wellbeing. SFU has launched an Equity in Healthcare Certificate program that will prepare healthcare professionals […]

Loyalist College will close programs and reduce its staff numbers in response to what InQuinte calls “significant revenue loss.” Due to a decline in international students and the Government of Ontario’s tuition freeze, the college is reportedly facing a 40M funding shortfall for this fiscal year. Loyalist is reportedly implementing an indefinite intake suspension for […]