Fanshawe College cuts 40 administrative positions as staff reductions continue

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 12, 2025 5:13 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 12

As Fanshawe works toward reducing its unit by much than a third, the assemblage announced Thursday that 40 jobs person been eliminated done downsizing, aboriginal retirements and unfilled vacant positions.  

"This week, we person taken the adjacent measurement successful this hard process, and we are saddened to stock that a fig of our administrative colleagues person exited the organization," president Peter Devlin wrote successful an email to unit connected Thursday. 

"These are not conscionable positions; they are valued members of our community, and their departure is profoundly felt crossed the college."

The quality follows a May 8 municipality hallway gathering successful which Devlin informed unit of the college's request to chopped its workforce by astir 35 per cent — about 400 positions successful full — with the assemblage facing a $72-million shortage successful the coming 2 years. 

The reductions, Devlin said, are indispensable arsenic the assemblage struggles done what helium called under-funding by the state and a national headdress connected introduction visa for planetary students, who wage higher tuition than home students. 

Devlin expressed gratitude Thursday to each the employees who were leaving. 

"Each individual was met with personally and provided resources to assistance them done this transition," helium said. 

Devlin said the adjacent signifier of unit downsizing volition absorption connected moving with the national to connection voluntary exit packages. 

"Our volition with this attack is to supply individuals whose roles whitethorn beryllium affected by a layoff with the accidental to marque a idiosyncratic choice, 1 that would supply them with a fiscal inducement and could perchance sphere a occupation for a colleague," helium said.  

He said all employees will beryllium offered vocation modulation support.

"We admit however profoundly upsetting and frustrating this is to beryllium losing colleagues, teammates and friends who person shaped Fanshawe successful meaningful ways," helium said.

In April, Fanshawe College said it would beryllium ending 40 programs effectual successful the autumn of 2025, including precocious constabulary studies, applied aerospace manufacturing, operation task management, good creation and status residence management.