York University is temporarily suspending new admissions to 18 of its programs across the humanities, arts, and sciences. YorkU Spokesperson Yanni Dagonas cited low enrolment and financial pressures as the reasons behind the cuts, adding that the pauses will help the institution “achieve financial sustainability in light of unexpected policy directions at the provincial and federal levels affecting higher education.” Among the affected programs at YorkU are English, sociology, gender and women studies, classical studies, Indigenous studies, biomedical physics, and environmental biology. CBC reports that YorkU is the first Canadian university to make significant program suspensions, in the wake of similar announcements from colleges across the country.
