Package examined by senators on Tuesday expected to contain job and program cuts
Author of the article: Jim Moodie
Publishing date: Apr 06, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 6 minute read • Laurentian and its federated universities students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members, organized as Save Our Sudbury, participated in a rally in Sudbury, Ont. on Tuesday April 6, 2021. They were demonstrating their opposition to a restructuring plan, which is expected to decimate programs at the university. John Lappa/Sudbury Star/Postmedia Network
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Members of the Laurentian University senate were presented with a plan to shed programs during a day-long closed meeting on Tuesday, but were unable afterwards to discuss any of the details or even the outcome of a vote on whether to approve or reject the plan.
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Laurentian University’s senators will likely be asked to endorse a plan to cut jobs and programs during a secret Senate meeting on Tuesday, members of Save Our Sudbury were told during a Zoom meeting held Friday.
Jen Johnson, a faculty member of the Senate, said senators have been asked to attend an in-camera meeting “on very short notice.”
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Johnson, an associate professor and chair of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, said they will be given a package Tuesday morning to consider, then return for a meeting at 1 p.m. to vote on it.