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Protocols regarding COVID-19 will end for St. Lawrence College campus locations as of Sunday, May 1, 2022, the college has announced. St. Lawrence College (SLC) announced the decision on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2022, and provided an outline of what these changes will look like when they take effect in just
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There is a sense of calm and normalcy across the three St. Lawrence College campuses today after the SLC Faculty Union – Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 417 – and the College Employers Council (ECE) came to an agreement with just over an hour left before the union
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Those members of the OPSEU Local 417, the St. Lawrence College (SLC) Faculty Union are currently waiting “on pins and needles” as the deadline for their pending strike action looms. “I’m planning two things for tomorrow,” Local 417 President Grant Currie said late in the afternoon on Thursday, Mar. 17,
Read more As COVID-19 cases in the KFL&A region continue to climb, St. Lawrence College (SLC) has announced changes to its Winter 2022 semester plans. Students have been advised to check their college email and Blackboard accounts for specific course delivery information, according to the College. This shift is in response to
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“The question really is for Glenn Vollebregt (SLC CEO and president) and all the other college presidents: Why are they letting College Employer Council put the students through this when there’s no need?” Grant Currie, President, SLC Faculty Union, OPSEU Local 417 Negotiations have broken down between St. Lawrence College
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With the rapidly-rising cases of COVID-19 locally – and the confirmed presence of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant in the region – St. Lawrence College (SLC) has announced the decision to have all final exams done through ‘alternative delivery.’ This comes Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, the same day Dr. Piotr Oglaza,
Read more St. Lawrence College (SLC) is looking ahead, and plans to return to face-to-face program delivery and in-person campus services for the fall 2021 term. According to a release from SLC, this will apply to the three campuses in Kingston, Brockville, and Cornwall as well as satellite offices. As always, this
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The federal government has announced new funding for a group of organizations in the health and sciences sector of Kingston. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedDev Ontario), announced a FedDev Ontario investment of $3 million. The funding
Read more St. Lawrence College (SLC) announced that planning for the 2020 fall term has begun and revealed some of those plans on Thursday, May 14, 2020. According to a press release from SLC, preliminary plans include offering “a mix of alternate delivery and in-person classes, with priority for on-campus delivery going to health sciences
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As businesses, organizations and institutions continue to respond to the concerted effort to stop the spread of coronavirus COVID-19, St. Lawrence College (SLC) updated their contingency plans on Monday, Mar. 16, 2020. “In light of the recent directives from the federal government and public health for intensified social distancing, and
Read more On Friday, Mar. 13, 2020, St. Lawrence College announced it will suspend all in-person classes for one week beginning on Monday, Mar. 16, 2020. The following is a statement from St. Lawrence College President and CEO Glenn Vollebregt: I wanted to provide an update as there have been several recent
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