Since IRCC announced new international student policies in Jan 2024, Eduvation has been tracking announcements and estimates of the impact on Canadian colleges and universities.

A series of real-time dashboards are available free on Eduvation’s virtual community, Eduvation Circles.

The Budget Impacts Dashboard tracks announced revenue losses, budget cuts and/or deficits across fiscal 2024-25, 2025-26, and 2026-27, with analysis by institution, sector, province and more. (The dashboard also provides notes and sources for each institution, alphabetically.)

The Jobs Impacted Dashboard tracks announced or estimated positions eliminated, full-time or part-time, whether through early retirement, unfilled vacancies, non-renewed contracts, or outright layoffs. (The dashboard also provides notes and sources for each institution, alphabetically.)

The Program Suspensions Dashboard tracks announcements of degree, diploma, certificate, or other academic programs suspended or cut. (The dashboard also provides notes and sources for each institution, alphabetically.)

The Location Closures Dashboard tracks announcements of temporary or permanent closures of campuses, facilities, or sites. (The dashboard also provides notes and sources for each institution, alphabetically.)

Eduvation’s StrikeWatch dashboard is tracking labour relations negotiations, lockouts and strikes across CdnPSE.

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!