Chanting crowds surrounded the entrance to Brescia University College as hundreds of students, faculty and graduates protested the school’s planned merger with Western University.
Concerned Brescia community members protested Western’s merger plan on Wednesday, asking the university to hear students’ and faculty voices and include them in future discussions of the integration process.
Beginning in May 2024, Brescia will wind down its operations as an affiliate to merge with Western. Western said current Brescia students can complete their studies and remain in their
Students and faculty condemn proposed merger with Western University which would see the country’s last publicly funded women’s institution be absorbed by its affiliate