They are among the roughly 300,000 college students across Ontario caught in the crossfire this week as 12,000 faculty went on strike Monday after negotiations ended between their union and the province’s 24 public colleges. She can’t put that on hold if classes extend into the new year as a result of the strike. College students aren’t the only ones affected. Thousands of students in collaborative nursing programs involving 13 universities and 21 colleges are also feeling the impact. Avery Mackintosh is worried about how the colleges strike will affect her education in the graduate certificate program in addictions and mental health she's taking at Durham College.

Source: thestar October 18, 2017 00:22 UTC