Langara Faculty Association

BY MARC BOLEN and OKSANA SHTOHRYN Langara College’s board of governors has said it will immediately begin a formal evaluation of president Paula Burns in response to an overwhelming faculty vote of no confidence earlier this month. In…

The union demands immediate administration changes

By OKSANA SHTOHRYN Students in Langara’s geography and geology department want the college to be more transparent about layoffs and course cuts that could potentially disrupt their education. Geography student Joaquin Mercado said the…

By SAGE SMITH The Langara Faculty Association says it remains frustrated that the college has not responded to its claim that more than 200 instructors have lost work. LFA president Pauline Greaves said she had not received answers…

Article by Sage Smith Video by Rick Goode, Yeorgios Prontzos and Oksana Shtohryn Nearly 80 faculty members showed up to the board of governors meeting at Langara College today to draw attention to over 200 jobs they say have been lost…

By SAGE SMITH The Langara Faculty Association shared some “grim” news with its members this week, saying that over 200 faculty members had lost work because of declining international student enrolment, and they expect more to come. …

By MARC GUIDO BOLEN  Langara College is cutting all Chinese classes from the department of modern languages, beginning fall 2025.   The cuts come amidst what the college called “a five percent cut across the board” in response to a…

By SAGE SMITH After two weeks of protest by the Langara Faculty Association in the face of expected layoffs, Langara employees received the news that 22 faculty members had received work reduction notices for the fall 2025 term. On…

By EMILY BEST This story, originally published on Feb. 1, has been updated to include a statement by Langara College.  Organizations representing Canadian and B.C. post-secondary teachers on Thursday called for the resignation of the…

By JAMIE MAH and EMILY BEST Langara faculty are divided in the wake of the firing of instructor Natalie Knight, who was suspended following controversial comments at a public rally last fall, reinstated and subsequently sacked. Her firing…