At Eduvation, we’ve been monitoring public announcements or media reports of staff and faculty positions eliminated or forecast to be eliminated, whether through attrition, early retirement incentives, or layoffs.

The goal is to measure the total impact of IRCC’s 2024 policy changes on CdnPSE’s workforce. Those impacts will roll out progressively in 2025, 2026, and 2027.

The graph below is updated in real time, and reflects jobs eliminated that have been quantified publicly so far. For detailed footnotes with clarification and source links, please see the full Job Impacts Tracker in our free virtual community, Eduvation Circles.

How can institutions cope?

These are challenging times for Canadian colleges and universities, between lagging pandemic repercussions, disruptive technologies, funding squeezes, international student caps, and now an impending trade war. More than ever, it is vital to maintain optimism and a sense of direction, to encourage openness to innovative ways of thinking and rethinking, and a long-term view of a more positive future.

Ken Steele blogs regularly on Eduvation Circles about emerging trends and promising practices, innovative approaches to program development, market growth, institutional efficiencies and new revenue opportunities.

He also offers a range of strategic planning services, and facilitates workshops and retreats for institutional boards and senior administrators. Each can be custom designed to suit your current context and objectives, but some popular topics include:

Check out the full range of Ken’s topics here!