OPSEU Local 242
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Twitter entity of OPSEU Local 242 — representing Professors, Counsellors and Librarians at Niagara College — @opseulocal242
Joined March 2014
Learn more about the recent review via Global News :
globalnews.ca
The province's public colleges and universities have endured two years of cuts and layoffs since a federal cap on the number of international students was introduced.
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OCUFA is calling on the government to engage those who know the system best. Ontario’s economic future depends on strong, high-quality post-secondary education for all students.
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A review can highlight gaps, but it cannot replace the need for stable, long-term funding that supports students, faculty and staff.
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Ontario’s post-secondary institutions have already had to make difficult adjustments including $1.8 billion in budget reductions, 600 programs suspended and 8,000 jobs eliminated in order to balance their budgets.
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The Ontario government is reviewing how public universities and colleges are funded.
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Critics are blasting the Ford government for giving millions of taxpayer dollars to a company now under OPP investigation. The labour minister reportedly has personal ties to the company. But the premier is dismissing calls to fire him.
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@RpsAgainstTrump The FIFA "Peace Prize"—because nothing says "global harmony" like a consolation trinket for the guy who couldn't hack the Nobel. Trump yanking it on himself like it's the last lifeboat off the Titanic of his ego. Beyond sad.
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In one of the most pathetic and humiliating moments in history, Trump just received the new inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. They literally invented a “peace prize” to keep him happy after he didn’t receive the actual Nobel Peace Prize. Beyond parody https://t.co/I1ahYRCz85
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Worth a reminder. @nolanmquinn
Did you know that Niagara College has lost almost $7 million on its Saudi operations over the past 3 years, according to NC's Business Plan for 2025-2026 and audited financial statements for the previous two years?
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George Brown suspended hospitality programs here, but still runs them in Dubai. "That doesn't make sense," say faculty. https://t.co/y25Rovcu8Y
thestar.com
The international partnership was agreed to just before a provincial ban. The college said the overseas school “serves a different student market.”
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The money that has been wasted that could have gone to much better use in the colleges and post-secondary, in general, is astounding. https://t.co/GiuVhNFn17
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At Question Period, the government faced continued questions over the timing of the audit and why the province didn't freeze provincial contracts immediately.
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“Trump, and his tariffs, are just a convenient scapegoat – the real crisis is Ford’s plan for a corrupt, and corporate, Ontario.” https://t.co/olJaW6zNJR
opseu.org
(Toronto, ON) – The Ford government presented its fall economic statement today, after rolling out the largest spending budget in Ontario’s history earlier this year. “The Ford government’s financial...
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I asked Premier Ford why public colleges and universities are being left behind while private colleges with political connections get millions from the Skills Development Fund. His Minister ignored my question & stuck to his talking points. Ontarios deserve real answers. #onpoli
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Most early Skills Development Fund recipients that missed a key training or employment target got grants again
thetrillium.ca
Overall, most first-round SDF recipients told the Labour Ministry they’d either trained more people or had more trainees get jobs after than they planned
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Venue of $10M Skills Development Fund recipient, partners now licensed as an ‘adult entertainment club’
thetrillium.ca
For decades, Zlatko Starkovski has leased the historic Exhibition Place building, which hosted PC fundraisers and the party’s campaign manager’s wedding in recent years
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Accountability on Ford's gravy train? ▶️55 recipients that failed to achieve goals ▶️13 recipients that failed to report outcomes Received even more slush fund grants in later rounds of the Skills Development Fund. #ONpoli #firePiccini
Most early Skills Development Fund recipients that missed a key training or employment target got grants again
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