The St. Clair College TD Student Success Centre's Sign. (Photo by Alexandra Latremouille)The St. Clair College TD Student Success Centre's Sign. (Photo by Alexandra Latremouille)
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Students Return To St. Clair College

The strike saga for St. Clair College ends Tuesday as students return to class.

Over 10,000 students are expected to head back to the college's Windsor and Chatham campuses, two days after the Ontario legislature approved back-to-work legislation to send the college's faculty back to the classroom. The faculty returned to work Monday.

Despite losing five weeks of classroom instruction to the labour dispute, the college says they are doing whatever is necessary to ensure students have a smooth transition back into college life.

To help recoup the time lost, the college is extending its fall semester. Originally set to end on December 15, the term will break on December 22 for the winter holiday break.

The holiday break is reduced to one week from the usual three weeks. The fall semester will resume on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 and end on January 20.

The winter 2018 term will be delayed until January 22 and last 13 weeks, with a March Break still intact. St. Clair College spokesman John Fairley has told BlackburnNewsWindsor.com that only a week of instruction would be lost despite the length of the strike.

Faculty members walked off the job October 16 at all 24 colleges across Ontario in a dispute over wages and job security.

Classes may be back in session but many students are expressing concerns over the state of their programs and how the strike is affecting their studies. St. Clair College president Patti France met with a handful of students Monday in an impromptu session to hear those concerns.

Click here for complete information about the college's semester resumption plans.

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