Insolvency declaration at Laurentian throws much into limbo
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Apr 29 2021 at 7:00 AM GMT
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- Image: Department by department, 100 faculty members at Laurentian University in northern Ontario were called to Zoom meetings earlier this month and unceremoniously told they’d be out of a job by May 15 at the latest.
- “Today was a difficult day and we recognize that,” Robert Haché, president, said in a statement after the mass layoffs.
- “All of our faculty and staff are part of the fabric of Laurentian, and these changes will require a period of profound adjustment.” To professors -- who knew the situation at Laurentian was bad, but not that bad -- that is a profound understatement.
- "The cuts were much deeper than we expected.
- And those of us that are left to pick up the pieces are struggling with trying to empathize and deal with the loss of our colleagues," said Thomas Merritt, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry who will keep his position.
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- Published Apr 29, 2021 7:00 AM GMT