UWindsor announces layoffs, assessment of positions as it grapples with $30M deficit

The University of Windsor is addressing a $30M deficit with a variety of actions, including layoffs and a comprehensive evaluation of positions and salaries. CTV News and the Windsor Star report that UWindsor has frozen salaries for non-union staff members, eliminated some vacant positions, and laid off eight employees. UWindsor President Robert Gordon said the university is completing a “comprehensive assessment of positions and salaries” to help it adapt. “Changes include restructuring, new responsibilities, title/salary adjustments, and position eliminations,” stated Gordon in a letter. “We must face the reality that the status quo cannot be maintained, and we need to figure out together how to do less with less.”