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OPSEU Local 354

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Official Twitter account of OPSEU Local 354, representing faculty, counsellors and librarians at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario.

Oshawa, Ontario Katılım Mayıs 2019
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OPSEU Local 354
OPSEU Local 354@354Local·
Join us for our General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. Get the latest bargaining updates, discuss the recent financial update, and help elect the Local Executive Committee that will guide our next round of bargaining. - mailchi.mp/opseu354/barga…
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Dikshit Soni, RCIC@dikshitsoni

🧵 1/5 The Conestoga College Story In 2012, Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario was a modest, unremarkable polytechnic. About 10,000 students. Nine out of ten of them Canadian. A school that served its community, trained tradespeople and healthcare workers, and quietly did what community colleges are supposed to do. Nobody was watching Conestoga because nobody needed to. And then came the money. Canada's provincial governments had frozen domestic tuition for years. Funding per student was chronically below the national average — about $5,200 short per student annually. The result was that the colleges were quietly suffocating. And then Ottawa offered a lifeline: international students. No cap. No ceiling. And they paid 3 to 4 times what a domestic student paid. Conestoga saw the opportunity before almost anyone else — and went harder than any institution in the country. By 2017, they were celebrating a "record" 2,300 international students enrolling in a single month. By 2022, total enrollment had doubled to 42,000 — with nearly 30,000 of them international. By 2023, revenue hit $945 million. At peak, Conestoga alone held more international study permits than the University of Toronto and UBC combined. They accounted for over 4% of every study permit holder in Canada. A public college in Kitchener, Ontario was generating nearly a billion dollars a year — almost entirely on tuition from students who came from India, Nigeria, and the Philippines, believing that a Canadian diploma was their ticket to permanent residency. But here's the part that tells you everything about how they saw themselves: they weren't satisfied. They wanted more. And they had a plan to get it. Conestoga originally operated from a handful of campuses anchored in the Waterloo Region: Doon, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph. By the peak of the boom, they had expanded aggressively to over a dozen locations including Milton, Stratford, downtown Kitchener, and more — a footprint that grew almost entirely with international enrollment. The national average tuition revenue per student at a Canadian public college sits around $8,000 to $9,000 domestically. For colleges outside the GTA, the average international student tuition collected runs roughly $14,000 to $19,000 per year. Conestoga, at its peak, was processing nearly 30,000 new international arrivals annually at those rates. Do the math....

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OPSEU Local 242
OPSEU Local 242@opseulocal242·
“Tibbits is exactly the kind of opportunist one can expect when Ford starves the college system of public funding and leaves unaccountable leaders to their own devices.” opseu.org/media-release-…
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OPSEU/SEFPO
OPSEU/SEFPO@OPSEU·
🧵 Yesterday, the Ford government announced their decision to put Conestoga College under a government-appointed administrator – setting dangerous precedent for local democracy, instead of greater transparency and accountability in college governance structures. #ONpoli #OntEd
Ahmad Elbayoumi@ahmadelbayoumi

BREAKING: The Ford government is taking over Conestoga College over “evidence of serious financial and governance mismanagement.” Linda Franklin has been named the college’s new administrator and the board of governors has been dismissed.

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OPSEU/SEFPO@OPSEU·
Laurie Nancekivell has been re-elected Vice-President/Treasurer of OPSEU/SEFPO by members at Convention, for a three-year term! #OPSEUConvention2026 #OneBigUnion
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OPSEU/SEFPO@OPSEU·
BREAKING: JP Hornick has been re-elected President of OPSEU/SEFPO by members at Convention, for a three-year term! #OPSEUConvention2026 #OneBigUnion
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OPSEU/SEFPO
OPSEU/SEFPO@OPSEU·
OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2026 kicks off TODAY at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre! We are so excited to welcome members from across Ontario. For all things Convention related, including a day by day schedule, head to: opseu.org/Convention #OPSEUConvention2026 #OneBigUnion
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OPSEU Local 354
OPSEU Local 354@354Local·
Candidates for president are lined up with their supporters ready to be nominated at Convention 2026! Good luck to all, democracy is our strength! #opseu #onebigunion #onpoli
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OPSEU Local 354@354Local·
Bargaining dates are now set for Part-Time & Sessional faculty across the college system: • April 28 & 29, 2026 • May 27, 2026 • June 2, 2026 These discussions help shape working conditions for PT/SL faculty, including here at Durham College. - mailchi.mp/opseu354/barga…
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OPSEU Local 354@354Local·
Huge turnout in Richmond Hill today for our Region 3 elections! There’s a lot of solidarity packed into this record-breaking meeting. #opseu #solidarity
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OSBCU-CSCSO
OSBCU-CSCSO@osbcucscso·
📣 Join us Monday! Stand with the Ontario Autism Coalition for fully funded public education. 💜 Bring your voice and energy. 📅 March 23, 11:30AM-1:30PM #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow
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OPSEU Local 354@354Local·
Virtual GMM & Elections happening March 26, 6:30 PM EDT. Get bargaining updates and vote for delegates for the Spring divisional meetings. RSVP for the meeting link: office@opseu354.ca- mailchi.mp/opseu354/barga…
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