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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…

By SAGE SMITH Langara College says it has eliminated 31 administrative positions as it prepares for a massive deficit in the next fiscal year. In an internal email sent Thursday, college president Paula Burns said 23 “permanent…

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…

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 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 JACOB ARON LEUNG This story was originally published on Jan. 29, 2024.  Hours after Langara College announced the termination of controversial English instructor Natalie Knight, the Langara Faculty Association (LFA) and the…

It’s hard to say whether Langara would benefit from paying its staff and contractors a living wage, said Langara economics instructor Bryan Breguet.

Reported by Christopher Thoroski The Langara Faculty Association is launching an ad campaign ahead of this May’s provincial election to protest cuts to post-secondary education funding by the B.C. Liberal government. The ads will be…