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Talks Break Down, Strike Underway
“School is out” for over 10,000 St. Clairians, and approximately 500,000 of their fellow students across Ontario, due to a faculty strike which commenced on October 16.
Talks to develop a new contract for 12,000 professors in Ontario broke down on…
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How To Resolve The Faculty Contract Dispute
Analysis and Opinion
For what it’s worth, here is “one man’s opinion” about how to resolve the contract dispute between the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and the College Employer Council (“the Council”), in order to avert the…
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Strike Info And Tips From The SRC
TO: All St. Clair Students
FROM: Your Student Representative Council
REGARDING: The Strike by College Faculty
Regrettably, contract talks have broken down, and a strike by unionized college faculty at Ontario's two dozen colleges – including St.…
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The Year Of Big Numbers
50. 10,000. 100,000.
St. Clair achieved a number of “milestone numbers” this year, including marking its 50th anniversary, and recording an enrolment in excess of 10,000 full-time students.
And, during its October 11th Convocation ceremonies, it…
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Time Capsule: Out With The Old, In With The New
AND SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THIS EVENT IN "PILES OF PIX" http://stclair-src.org/news/piles-of-pix/looking-back-1997-and-ahead-2042
One of the last major events of the college’s 50th anniversary year was a case of “out with the old, and in with the new…
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Strike By Faculty Members Appears Imminent As Talks Sour
OCTOBER 11TH UPDATE:
This week’s resumption of talks aimed at averting a strike by faculty members at Ontario’s two dozen colleges did not go well, and a work-stoppage now appears imminent.
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU,…
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Skilled Trades Restructured
On behalf of Ken Blanchette and Lido Zuccato, I would like to announce that Dale Sinnaeve and Richard Lauzon will be joining the Academic Sector in the School of Skilled Trades.
Upon further review of the structure of the Skilled Trades’ programs,…
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Mid-October Faculty Strike Possibility Looms
Today, both the union representing faculty members at Ontario’s two dozen colleges and the collective management of those schools have launched the public relations battle leading up to a possible strike by instructors in mid-October.
Again, the…
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St. Clair’s Enrolment Up 11 Percent, Topping 10,000
St. Clair’s enrolment is up by 11 percent this year (compared to fall of 2016-17), with over 10,000 students at its four campuses: Windsor South/Main, Windsor Downtown, Thames/Chatham, and in Toronto at its partnered private-sector school (Ace…
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St. Clair Welcomes The World
See photos of last week's International Orientaiton in "Piles of Pix": http://stclair-src.org/news/piles-of-pix/st-clair-welcomes-world