Domestic Students: Camosun College

Camosun College: The college received word last week that it will lose about $2.5 million in federal money for teaching English as a second language to domestic students and new Canadians. , according to Times Colonist. This is clearly a very difficult time please extend patience to your colleagues who are most directly impacted and know that we are all reeling from this announcement, Camosun president Kathryn Laurin wrote in an urgent message to faculty and staff. Camosun College could be forced to lay off faculty next year as it struggles to erase a projected $5-million shortfall and balance its budget. The news stunned college officials already struggling with a potential $2.5-million deficit in 2014-15 due to rising costs and the B.C. governments previously announced cuts to post-secondary education. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.