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Celebrating Ramadan During Lockdown By Anne Fu — Editor-in-Chief pg 15 Laurentian University, located in Sudbury, Ontario, has been forced to cut multiple programs and sports teams to stave off bankruptcy. CANADA Laurentian University Forced HAMILTON to Cut Dozens of Programs COVID-19 Concerns Above: After declaring insolvency in February, Laurentian University is facing massive layoffs and removing a number of degree programs in order to restructure. (Radio-Canada) Continue to Climb Laurentian University, one of just absolutely heartbreaking,” she to executive representative. “The Canada’s few bilingual post-secondary CBC News. “It's an absolute loss, not manufactured crisis at Laurentian schools, has announced that it will be just for the university, but especially could be stopped at any time by the Above: Hamilton nurse Laurie Doma administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger. Eisenberger slashing 69 programs and firing over for students. These students came to Ontario government. The 2021 budget has been pushing for more vaccine doses to be sent to Hamilton and other vaccine hotspots. (City of Hamilton) 100 faculty members in order to deal Laurentian to study with academics is the third budget in a row with with financial issues that had been who are top of the class in their field. reduced funding for post-secondary As Canada enters the third I think the most alarming point is that to thousands of kilometers away — is plaguing the university for years. Many of these professors are doing education. It is time to invest in all wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the increasing numbers... we not an easy task either. ICU workers Amongst the degrees being affected incredible things in the fields that they students no matter where they live in hospital workers in Hamilton are have yet to see the plateau, even in and their resources remain stretched are 58 undergraduate and 11 graduate study.” Ontario.” feeling the pressure ramp up once provincial numbers.” thin. programs, with 34 of them being in more as they struggle to both French. These included courses in While undergraduate students CFS-Ontario also slammed the vaccinate citizens and treat the newly In response, Hamilton Health Alongside treating current fields such as physics, anthropology, are being allowed to finish their Conservatives for betraying the Truth infected population. Sciences is planning to set up a mobile COVID-19 cases, hospital staff around music and geography. degrees and being provided alternate and Reconciliation Commission of health unit (MHU) in the parking lot on the city have also been hard at work pathways to program completion, Canada's Call to Action #16, which calls On April 13th, 2021, the city Wellington Street to add an estimated vaccinating as many people as possible After spending millions of many graduate students will not be so for the creation of university programs recorded 209 new cases in a single day, extra 80 beds to the province’s against COVID-19 to prevent its dollars building new facilities that did lucky, as the faculty members teaching that study Indigenous languages; and setting a new daily record and bringing healthcare facilities. This MHU is spread. Here in Hamilton, a city not attract the higher enrollment the them will soon be laid off. According to for supposedly telling Francophone the number of active cases in Hamilton expected to be completed by next considered one of the province’s university had expected, officials a statement released by the university, students “that their education, to 1,224 in total. Amongst the newly month, and will be a self-sufficient unit COVID-19 hotspots, officials are declared financial insolvency in most of the programs they chose to cut language and culture aren't worth infected included two patients with the that houses its own generators, reporting a shortage of vaccines that February. According to The Globe and had been ones with historically low saving” by cancelling many French P1 Brazilian variant of the virus, which ventilators and washrooms. There is has led to the delayed opening of a Mail, Laurentian had been spending enrolment, so that Laurentian could programs. Now they are asking for the is more transmissible and possibly still, however, the issue of having mass vaccination clinic in Rosedale millions of dollars in grants meant for better “align its financial resources to province to invest immediately in more dangerous to young people than enough doctors and nurses to serve Arena due to the lack of supply. research “just to keep the lights on”, ensure that all of its remaining Laurentian and for Ross Romano, the the original strain. Medical every patient. due to the school only having one bank programs are fully supported.” Minister of Colleges and Universities, professionals in Canada are having to As of April 14th, 2021, 21.1% of account where funds from multiple to resign. CFS-Ontario believes that work double time to clamp down on “...despite the increasing the country’s population has been sources were mixed. Despite this, many educators Romano and the Ford government are the spread of the disease. vaccinated with at least one dose, are also concerned that the university to blame for ignoring Laurentian’s numbers... we have yet to see which totals up to about 8.9 million For many students and staff at programs being lost are also the ones crisis, which they had known about In the meantime, some doctors the plateau, even in provincial Canadians. Over 1.6 million of them the Sudbury university, these that are the most essential to preserve. “for months, if not years.” worry that there may not be enough numbers.” received their dose last week. One of announcements came as devastating Indigenous and Francophone programs resources to care for everyone. As of these people was Hamilton Mayor Fred news. will be disproportionately impacted by Kotila, however, insists that mid-April, St. Joseph’s Hospital is at Dr. Bram Rochwerg, critical Eisenberger, who encouraged every these cuts, due to the fact that they are students at other post-secondary 89% of its adult patient capacity, while care lead at Juravinski Hospital Hamiltonian to get vaccinated as soon “I had one girl text me already underrepresented across most institutions should pay attention to Hamilton Health Sciences is at 93%. as they could. He has been calling for yesterday wondering if a Laurentian of Canada. The Canadian Federation of what is happening at Laurentian. With case counts rising by the day, the “There’s no doubt our system the province to allocate more vaccine degree would be respectable anymore,” Students-Ontario (CFS-Ontario) is city is searching for new ways to is becoming very pressured and it is doses to hotspots like Hamilton, Peel second-year student and university calling on the Conservatives to help “We're losing so many accommodate for the rapidly daunting to consider the coming weeks and Mississauga. newspaper editor Lexey Burns told save these programs by providing them incredible academics and in the escalating number of patients. as was depicted in the modelling,” said CBC News. with vital funding and support. process. We're also going to be losing Hamilton Health Sciences CEO and “I strongly encourage everyone many students who will likely leave and “We're sort of quickly president Rob MacIsaac. Both his in our community to roll up their Katlyn Kotila, a political “It is unacceptable that go on to pursue academics elsewhere approaching a cliff set and we're seeing hospital and St. Joseph’s are continuing sleeve and book a vaccine appointment science student at Laurentian, also students, who have invested so much now that their program is being cut,” increasing numbers being admitted to with surge plans by reassigning as soon as they are eligible,” spoke about how it felt finding her own in their education, are impacted by she said. “I urge people to pay ICUs,” said Dr. Bram Rochwerg, the patients and hospital staff to other Eisenberger said in a press release. He program was to be cut as well. financial challenges created by reckless attention, because what happened at critical care lead at the Juravinski hospitals to lessen the strain on also reminded city residents that even administrative decisions and the Laurentian can happen anywhere, so Hospital, to CTV News.