By Cheryl Jahn

CNC Students grow increasingly concerned

Oct 10, 2023 | 3:01 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Work to rule. That’s the latest position taken by the Faculty Association at the College of New Caledonia. It means instructors at the college will conduct their contracted obligations and no more than that. The association issued 72-hour strike notice last week, which would have put them in a legal strike position on Sunday afternoon. But talks are still underway. It’s a very concerning position for students.

“It’s definitely worrying, not just for myself, but, of course, all the other students about a lot of we have a lot of students coming into the office wondering if, you know, classes are even going to run and how that’s going to affect them and everything, because it’s it is a worrying position, you know? Students, they do a lot to get here. And so and then for teaching for this to happen the potential to not even attend class,” says Riley Tarry with the CNC Students’ Union.

International students make up about a quarter of the student body at the college. But their tuition is massive. The tuition for an international student in the two-year dental hygiene diploma program is nearly $46,000. A diploma in civil engineering? $38,000.

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The concerns of the international student body are acutely felt by the student’s union

“We have lots of international students coming in voicing their concerns and their worries, too. I know for many, they’re here for a limited time and learning these are they can only be here for their own time and for that time to be cut short, potentially be cut short due to a strike,” says Tarry. “We’re worrying about their housing situations or how their how it’s going to affect them financially. And so they are they’re very concerned.”

Details around the talks in terms of sticking points or consensus points have yet to be released and, despite efforts to reach out, neither the Faculty Association nor the College Negotiators have made comment. Though both parties have expressed a desire to reach a mutually agreed upon settlement.