

Across Ontario's 24 public colleges, more than 10,000 faculty and staff are being let go and more than 600 programs are being canceled or suspended. Conestoga College makes up at least 190 of those layoffs and 82 of the program cancellations. Vikki Poirier, president of OPSEU local 238 which represents support staff, and Leopold Koff, president of OPSEU local 237 which represents the faculty, librarians, counsellors, and partial-load instructors talked about the situation.