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To all sides in the college strike – get students back in class
To the Premier of Ontario, the College Employer Council, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the Prime Minister, My name is Tyler Horvath. I am enrolled at Algonquin College in the Computer...
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Algonquin College Students' Association puts pressure on politicians to end...
The Students’ Association at Algonquin College has organized a letter-writing campaign aimed at local MPPs to pressure for an end to the three-week strike by Ontario college faculty. About 225 form...
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International students face special challenges as college strike drags on
With only a few weeks remaining in her computer-science studies, Algonquin College student Abby Sun was excited to have landed her first full-time job. Now the job, diploma and even her ability to stay...
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Today's letters: College strike, older workers, ripped jeans
The community college strike continues to worry students, while some of our readers are voicing concerns over ripped jeans. Got an opinion? Write us a letter, at letters@ottawacitizen.com You will find...
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Algonquin, La Cité students hit hard by plan to cancel most of break, extend...
For students in the environmental technician program at Algonquin College’s Pembroke campus, news that the fall semester will be extended into January because of the faculty strike hit hard. Students...
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College faculty strike heads into Week 5 as faculty set to vote on offer
As the strike by college faculty across Ontario heads into its fifth week, both sides in the bitter dispute are ramping up their campaigns to win over the union members who will vote in the next few...
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Egan: The gig economy, or how we run Ontario's college system
If you were a student at Algonquin College and had an awesome instructor or two, would it matter if those teachers worked part-time? Probably not, but this is among the issues that has brought...
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Life on hold: Algonquin students on what they have gained and lost during the...
For Algonquin College students, a faculty strike now entering its fifth week has affected job prospects, their ability to earn part-time money, and even their holiday plans. But students have also...
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Reevely: Wynne's intervention in college strike comes late, but better than...
Ontario’s college strike is set to end with a law ordering striking instructors back to work, perhaps as early as Monday, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Thursday afternoon. A resolution, such as this one...
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Algonquin students relieved that classes expected to resume, worry about...
Algonquin College students expressed relief Thursday that the five-week college strike was being legislated to an end — while also fretting about how much work they’ll face to make up for lost...
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Ontario government to table back-to-work legislation to end college strike
Ontario college students will head back to class after the Ontario government promised back-to-work legislation to end the bitter strike by faculty. However, it’s unclear when classes will resume after...
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Editorial: College strike earns failing grades
After five weeks of strike action at Ontario’s community colleges – and with students not quite back in class – it’s time for a report card: A. The mark we allot Ontario’s 500,000 community college...
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‘They’ve gutted the system’: Strike put spotlight on Ontario's college funding
Ontario’s college faculty strike has cast a new spotlight on an old issue — the question of whether this province is adequately funding its public colleges. The union that represents 12,000 faculty...
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College students who withdraw will get full refund, province says
College students who withdraw in the next two weeks will be able to apply for a full tuition refund on the fall semester. “Students withdrawing from programs or continuing education courses which were...
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Jensen: Ottawa's following an exciting road toward tech success
There has been a lot of talk lately, including in a recent series by the Citizen, about Ottawa as a technology town and whether we have what it takes to become a tech powerhouse. “When it comes to the...
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Algonquin College releases details of 'strike relief fund' for students
Full-time Algonquin College students will be able to apply starting next Wednesday for compensation for “unexpected, incremental” strike expenses they have incurred — or might still incur. Cheques...
View ArticleBarrie: Colleges, teachers, shouldn't rely so much on arbitration
Ontario’s colleges were putting on a cheery face last week as students wrapped up their semester a week behind other students in the province, a remnant of the five-week-long fall strike that saw...
View ArticleMan found unconscious, seriously injured in Algonquin College stairwell
Police and paramedics were called to Algonquin College on Wednesday afternoon after a man was discovered in a stairwell unconscious with serious injuries. A witness called 911 around 4 p.m. when the...
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Ontario college strike aftermath continues to impact students, faculty
David Thomassin and his classmates in Algonquin College’s environmental technician program were ready to begin their shoreline naturalization project on Nov. 7. They had conducted their research and...
View ArticleStudent found critically injured in stairwell at Algonquin College has died
A student found critically injured after falling three storeys in a stairwell at Algonquin College has died, the college’s president has said in a message to staff and students. The male student, who...
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