PROVINCE WIDE CUT TRACKER
PROVINCE WIDE CUT TRACKER
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NUMBER OF LAYOFFS
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Camosun College
- 90 layoffs to date
- Reduced counselling services
- Reduced academic advisors
- Reductions to EDI Office
- Reductions to students' makerspace
Capilano University
Coast Mountain College
- 4 layoffs to date
- restructuring and early retirement packages being offered
- To offset revenue losses prices for student housing and campus food services have been increased
- No active counsellors due to unfilled vacancies
- Business Program (enrollment suspended)
College of New Caledonia
- 60 layoffs to date
- Reduced International Students Academic Advisors
- Reduced wellness coaches on campus
- Reduced Cafeteria hours
- Associate of Science - Chemistry – Diploma (suspended)
- Associate Arts - Sociology – Diploma (suspended)
- Associate of Arts - Anthropology – Diploma (suspended)
- Associate of Arts - English – Diploma (suspended)
- Kinesiology – Diploma (suspended)
- Online Office Administration – Certificate (suspended)
- Online Office Clerk – Certificate (suspended)
- Social Work – Applied Diploma (suspended)
- Human Resource Management – Post Diploma (suspended)
- Tourism Hotel Management – Post Diploma (suspended)
- Community Support Worker Certificate (cut)
- Associate of Arts - Modern Classics – Diploma (cut)
- English Language Program (cut)
College of the Rockies
Douglas College
- Hiring freeze implemented
- Closure of Douglas College Vision Care Centre
- Douglas College Gym fitness centre hours decreased
- Budget cuts in Student Life Department and large scale events
- American Sign Language (suspended)
- Less course sections offered despite higher enrollment
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
- Limited rentals of specialized animation equipment
- Reduced library hours
- Reduced Media Resource Centre hours
- Increase in course waitlists
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- 123 layoffs to date
- Hiring freeze measures in place (not filling 20 vacant positions and not renewing temporary positions with fixed contract dates).
Langara College
- 219 layoffs to date
- Chinese Language Courses (cut)
- Business Administration – Bachelor (suspended)
- Courses offerings reduced in the following programs:6 Geography sections cut | 2 History sections cut | 1 Political Science section cut
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
North Island College
- Interactive Television Course Delivery Technology Discontinued
- Ucluelet Learning Centre Closed
- Tourism and Hospitality Management Certificate (cut)
- Tourism and Hospitality Management Diploma – Hospitality Management Option (cut)
- Tourism and Hospitality Management Diploma – Tourism Management Option (cut)
- Tourism and Hospitality Management – Post Graduate Certificate (cut)
- Tourism and Hospitality Management – Post Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Tourism and Hospitality Management Diploma – Adventure Guiding Option (cut)
- Metal Jewelry Design Certificate (cut)
- Computer Information Systems Certificate (CIS) (cut)
- Computing Accounting Certificate (cut)
- Administrative Assistant Certificate (cut)
- Aircraft Structures Technician Certificate (cut)
- NIC stopped accepting students into 10% of its programs for 2025-26 academic year
Northern Lights College
Okanagan College
- 12 layoffs to date
- Hiring freeze implemented
- ABE programming moved to online delivery
- Modern Languages in Arts (cut)
- Science in Nursing – Bachelor partnership with UBCO (cut)
- Reduced course offerings at the Salmon Arm campus
Royal Roads University
Selkirk College
- 51 layoffs to date
- Kaslo & Nakusp Learning Centres Closed
- Accounting – Postgraduate Diploma (suspended)
- Business Administration Accounting Finance – Diploma (suspended)
- Business Administration Professional Management – Diploma (suspended)
- Business Management – Postgraduate Diploma (suspended)
- Culinary Management – Postgraduate Diploma (suspended)
- Full-Stack Web Development – Postgraduate Diploma (suspended)
- Gerontological Nursing – Postgraduate Diploma (suspended)
- Hospitality Management – Postgraduate Diploma (suspended)
Simon Fraser University
- 159 layoffs to date
- Hiring freeze implemented
- Football Program Closed
- Woodward’s Cultural Programming Cut
- Vancity & SFU Offices of Community Engagement Closed
- All SFU interpretation/translation programs (cut)
- English Language & Culture program (cut)
- Medical and Legal Interpretation programs in continuing education (cut)
Thompson Rivers University
- 65 layoffs to date
- 89 early retirement packages
- Hiring freeze implemented in October 2024 has left 75 positions vacant
University of British Columbia
- Budget reduction efforts include reduced course sections (UBCO)
University of Northern British Columbia
University of the Fraser Valley
- Philosophy – Extended Minor (cut)
- Criminology – Extended Minor (cut)
- Criminal Justice – Masters (cut)
- Program Evaluation – Graduate Certificate (cut)
- Aviation Concentration – Bachelor (cut)
- Cabinet Making – Certificate (suspended)
- Teaching English as a Second Language – Post-Baccalaureate Diploma (paused)
- Geographic Information Systems – Certificate (suspended)
- Physical Geography – Bachelor (suspended)
University of Victoria
- McKinnon Gym (weight room and dance studio) Closed
Vancouver Community College
- 100 layoffs to date
- Closure of IT Help Desk Services
- LINC (ESL) Program (cut)
Vancouver Island University
- 35 layoffs to date
- Staffing reductions & hiring freeze (27% reduction in staffing & hiring freeze implemented in February 2025)
- Closure of "The High School" End of Elder College Partnership
- Discontinuation of Internal Bus Fleet
- Field Schools Paused
- Reduced Library Hours
- Writing Centre Service Reduction
- Closure and Sale of Parksville Campus
- Closure of Cowichan Trades Centre (pending) all trades programs being relocated to the Nanaimo campus
- New Childcare Centre Project Cancelled
- Outdoor Recreation Program Cancelled
- Dissolution of International Education Department
- Student Information System Project Cancelled
- Community Cousins Program Cancelled
- Campus Starbucks Closed
- Reduced Operation of Residence Grocery Shuttle
- Music in Jazz Studies – Bachelor (cut)
- Business – Bachelor (cut)
- Business – Graduate Certificate (cut)
- Gerontology: Active Aging – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Integrated Engineering Technologist – Diploma (cut)
- Jazz Studies – Diploma (cut)
- Online Learning and Teaching – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Geographic Information Systems Applications – Advanced Diploma (cut)
- Geographic Information Systems Applications – Masters (cut)
- Project Management – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Hospitality Management – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- International Trade – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Sustainable Leisure Management – Masters (cut)
- Sustainable Leisure Management – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Community Planning – Masters (cut)
- Digital Media Studies – Bachelor of Arts Minor (cut)
- Language and Culture: Romance Languages – Post Degree Diploma (cut)
- Languages and Culture – Bachelor of Science Minor (cut)
- Inclusive Education – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Literacy Language and Learning – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Teacher Leadership – Graduate Diploma (cut)
- Dental Assistant – Certificate (cut)
- Economics – Major (cut)
- Arts One: First Nations Certificate (suspended)
- Liberal Studies – Bachelor of Arts Major & Minor (suspended)
- Philosophy – Bachelor of Arts
- Hons. Major & Minor (suspended)
- Global Studies – Bachelor of Arts Major & Minor (suspended)
- Horticulture Technician Foundation Certificate (suspended)
- Information Technology and Applied Systems Diploma in Web and Mobile Development (suspended)