ON colleges announce further changes to workforce

Several Ontario colleges announced or warned of job cuts as they ended the calendar year. Conestoga College announced that 181 full-time faculty would be laid off, with the layoffs taking effect on March 16. The layoffs will reportedly be served primarily to faculty at the college’s Kitchener – Doon campus. At Fanshawe College, President Peter Devlin told employees that eligible staff will be sent a voluntary exit incentive as a measure to reduce the institution’s deficit. St Clair College President Michael Silvaggi also suggested that more job cuts may be coming in response to the college’s reduced enrolment.