announced<\/a> that between 50 and 75 people would lose their jobs at the Sault Ste. Marie and Brampton campuses.<\/p>\nFor more, see the full release below.\u00a0<\/p>\n
TORONTO\u00a0\u2014 The Ontario Secondary School Teachers\u2019 Federation (OSSTF\/FEESO) is deeply concerned by the recent announcement of layoffs affecting local District 35 Algoma University Support Staff members. These cuts represent not only a loss of employment for dedicated professionals, but a serious threat to the quality and accessibility of post-secondary education in Ontario.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t just about Algoma University; the root of the problem lies in Ontario\u2019s fundamentally broken post-secondary funding model. Ontario continues to rank dead last in per-student funding across Canada, forcing institutions to rely heavily on unstable tuition revenue, including from international students,\u201d said OSSTF\/FEESO President, Martha Hradowy.<\/p>\n
An unsustainable funding model leaves universities vulnerable to enrollment shifts and government policy changes, with students and frontline workers bearing the brunt of the consequences.\u00a0 \u201cEvery problem in the post-secondary sector can be traced back to a lack of provincial funding,\u201d concluded Hradowy.<\/p>\n
OSSTF\/FEESO District 35 Algoma University Support Staff President, Michelle Dayboll, added, \u201cMy members are also alarmed by the disproportionate administration-to-staff ratios, which in many cases are as high as 2:1.\u201d <\/p>\n
She added, \u201cThese figures highlight an ongoing misallocation of resources\u2014where bureaucratic growth continues while frontline services are being slashed. Resources should be directed to the student services, and to the people who deliver the education\u2014not to bloated bureaucratic structures.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposed layoffs at Algoma University are unacceptable and demonstrate the impact caused by years of government underfunding,\u201d stated Dayboll.\u00a0 \u201cThese layoffs were avoidable. Years of chronic underfunding of Ontario\u2019s public post-secondary sector are creating chaos for our members, the students and institutions they support, and will lead to negative economic impacts in Sault Ste. Marie, Brampton, and Timmins at a time when they are already facing hardship caused by the economic instability created by tariffs,\u201d added Dayboll.<\/p>\n
OSSTF\/FEESO calls on the provincial government to immediately overhaul the university funding formula. Public post-secondary institutions must be adequately and predictably funded, with accountability mechanisms that ensure funding supports quality education\u2014not top-heavy administration.<\/p>\n
OSSTF\/FEESO stands in solidarity with our members who are impacted by these layoffs, and we will continue to advocate fiercely for job security, equity, and a properly funded, accessible university system that serves the public good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘These cuts represent not only a loss of employment for dedicated professionals, but a serious threat to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[92577,45,49,48,124],"class_list":["post-183741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","tag-algoma-universitylayoffsosstf","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}