Need-To-Know News

The college’s Board of Governors (BofG) has set St. Clair’s Strategic Directions for the coming year (2019-20), by endorsing a recommendation-laden memo tabled by President Patti France during a February 26th meeting. Here are the goals/projects…

A St. Clair professor – and a whole program of students – were honoured with a provincial award bestowed by Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor on February 22. On behalf of the Architectural Technology program, faculty member Frank Perissinotti travelled…

Contributed by the Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE) As of December 31, 2018, there were 572,415 international students in Canada. This number from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) represents a 16 percent…

“I think it is very fitting, Minister, that your visit with us is occurring on Valentine’s Day, because as you have the opportunity to chat with us, I’m sure you’ll find that St. Clair is enamoured with its international students, and they have…

There will not be an election for 2019-20 Student Representative Council (SRC) leaders after all. Due to the disqualification of one of the candidates for next year's Presidency, all three of the council's Executive positions have now been filled…

As the old song goes, “The Saints Will Come Marching Home” within about ten months. A February 1st media conference and sod-turning at the college unveiled St. Clair’s new, $21.5 million Sports Park.

Contributed by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) After a long and difficult round of negotiations, your bargaining team has achieved a tentative agreement for college support part-time workers. This historic moment is a game-…

If the college needed a lesson about why smokers shouldn't hang around exterior doorways as they're puffing – aside from the fact that it is illegal under both provincial and municipal health regulations – the potential safety problems were…

OPINION By E.P. Chant, Managing Editor, Student Publications As we await further – and firmer – details from the Conservative provincial government about its proposed tuition rollback, OSAP alterations, and “Student Choice Initiative”, we, at…

Today (January 29), together with over 75 postsecondary institutions across Canada representing over one million students, St. Clair’s Student Representative Council (SRC) signed a letter voicing collective disappointment with the provincial…