安省技術學院系統正經歷一場前所未有的危機，被媒體形容為「比Hudson’s Bay倒閉還慘」。在過去一年中，安大略省公立學院的裁員規模達到歷史新高，超過10,000名教職員被迫離開崗位，涉及的課程超過600個被暫停或取消。這些數據首次被公之於眾，揭示國際學生數量減少以及制度管理不善對學院財務造成的深遠影響，整個系統正陷入持續的財政危機。工會為獲取完整數據不得不付出極大努力，強調這次裁員是安省歷史上最龐大的一次，比今年春天Hudson’s Bay在全加拿大裁員8,000人還要嚴重。

裁員和課程削減影響遍及安省24所公立學院，對城市和鄉村社區都帶來衝擊，幾乎涵蓋所有學科領域，從商業、工程、護理，到烹飪藝術、酒店管理、森林管理等專業。作為安省規模最大的學院之一，百年理工學院（Centennial College）就暫停多達116個課程。過去一年多，安省多所學院接連宣布暫停新生招生或關閉校區，並向教職員提供自願離職方案。

工會表示，在獲取完整系統數據的過程中，個別學院和學院雇主委員會（College Employer Council）一再設置阻力，只有通過教職員的仲裁程序，這些數字才得以公開。然而，學院雇主委員會首席執行官Graham Lloyd則強調，任何暗示工會未被告知或未定期獲得學院挑戰資訊的說法都是不正確的。他指出，每所學院都設置了工會委員會進行協商，並且在實際裁員之前就已密切參與、了解相關數字。

目前，安省的學院系統約聘用60,000名教職員，這次裁員約等於削減六分之一的勞動力。與此同時，整個學院系統面臨越來越嚴峻的財政壓力，包括國際學生入學人數急劇下降、省內學費凍結已達第六年，以及每名學生平均獲得的公共資金仍是加拿大最低水平。這些因素疊加，使得安省學院在保障教育質量與穩定就業之間面臨巨大挑戰，也讓學生、教職員及社區陷入長期的不確定與焦慮之中。

Ontario’s college system is currently experiencing an unprecedented crisis, described by the media as “even worse than the collapse of Hudson’s Bay.” Over the past year, public colleges in Ontario have faced a historic scale of layoffs, with more than 10,000 faculty and staff forced to leave their positions and over 600 programs suspended or canceled. These figures, made public for the first time, reveal the profound impact of declining international student enrollment and mismanagement on college finances, plunging the entire system into a sustained financial crisis. The unions had to exert tremendous effort to obtain the full data, emphasizing that this round of layoffs is the largest in Ontario’s history, surpassing even Hudson’s Bay’s spring layoffs of 8,000 employees across Canada.

The layoffs and program cuts have affected all 24 public colleges in Ontario, impacting both urban and rural communities and covering nearly every field of study, from business, engineering, and nursing to culinary arts, hotel management, and forestry. Centennial College, one of the province’s largest institutions, suspended up to 116 programs. Over the past year, numerous Ontario colleges have successively announced pauses in new student enrollment or campus closures and offered voluntary departure packages to faculty and staff.

The unions stated that acquiring comprehensive system-wide data faced repeated resistance from individual colleges and the College Employer Council, and it was only through arbitration processes involving staff that the full figures were made public. However, Graham Lloyd, CEO of the College Employer Council, emphasized that any suggestion that the unions were not informed or regularly updated about the challenges facing colleges is inaccurate. He noted that each college established union committees for negotiations and that the unions were closely involved and aware of the figures before any layoffs took place.

Currently, Ontario’s college system employs approximately 60,000 faculty and staff, meaning this round of layoffs has cut roughly one-sixth of the workforce. At the same time, the college system faces intensifying financial pressures, including a sharp decline in international student enrollment, tuition freezes entering their sixth year, and the lowest public funding per student in Canada. These compounded factors have created significant challenges in maintaining educational quality and employment stability, leaving students, faculty, and communities grappling with long-term uncertainty and anxiety.