Need-To-Know News

Faculty members across Ontario have given their union (the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union/ OPSEU) a strike mandate, as talks continue in an attempt to avert a work stoppage at the provincie’s two dozen colleges – including St. Clair. Sixty-…

Moratorium. Death-knell. Mothballed. Shelved. Suspended. Axed. The provincial Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development (MAESD) has put the brakes on a half-dozen partnerships between public and private colleges, with an ultimate aim of…

This school year, more than one-third of all full-time college and university students in Ontario are receiving free tuition thanks to the new Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). Deb Matthews, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills…

NEWS, ANALYSIS & OPINION As part of the lead-up to its strike authorization vote next Thursday (September 14), the union representing college faculty members in Ontario recently provided professors with “Q&A” information about the possibly…

The first day – the first week or two – of school can be a bit taxing in terms of line-ups and, for car-driving students, parking lot congestion. Stay calm and patient. Trust us … Within a couple of weeks, the “over-crowded atmosphere” eases a bit…

As the 2017-18 academic year gets underway, the threat of a work-stoppage by unionized faculty members at Ontario’s 24 colleges – St. Clair included – looms … … But, on the bright side, unionized support staff have inked a contract extension of…

Welcome to the new “Saint Scene E-zine”, brought to you by the Student Publications Division of your Student Representative Council. Sure, the former print-version of the magazine was popular, but its high production cost meant we could only…

During the summer, Unifor Local 444 announced a $75,000 donation to the college to support student success and foster a continued interest in skilled trades and apprenticeship training. Over the years, the union and St. Clair have worked in…

Finding meaningful employment is top of mind for all students and, especially, for graduates. Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the difficulty faced by students in finding work after graduation, using the terms “youth unemployment” and…

Although it pains us to admit, the summer is quickly coming to a close – which means an exciting new academic year is around the corner. For CICan, the fall means renewed advocacy efforts coinciding with the start of a new Parliamentary session.…