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Several dozen students at La Cité college in the east end of Ottawa joined a rally to support their striking professors on Friday afternoon. Here’s what some students and faculty had to say as the strike by Ontario college teachers nears the end of its second week.
Stephanie Lavoie, 27, photographed on Oct. 27 , 2017 at a rally to support striking professor at La Cité.
Stephanie Lavoie, 27
Social work student
Teachers need to be heard, says Lavoie, who organized students to join the rally. After all, she soon plans to be working as a fellow professional in their field, perhaps in her dream job as a counsellor at a rape crisis centre or maybe as a college lecturer. She supports the union proposals that colleges hire more full-time profs, and improve job security for the part-timers who must re-apply for their jobs each semester. “I know (part-time professors) are passionate, and they are qualified, but they don’t actually have time to work on their things at the college. I understand their reality.
“They can’t always be on the phone (with students), they have other jobs.”
Alexandre Frappier, 19, photographed on Oct. 27 , 2017 at a rally to support striking professor at La Cité.
Alexandre Frappier, 19
Marketing student
Frappier says he’s anxious for the strike to end so he can go back to class. Administrators at both La Cité and Algonquin College have urged students to study on their own during the strike, reviewing material and working ahead. It’s not that easy, he says. “I can’t say I’ve done too much studying.” One of Frappier’s courses is online, though, so he’s doing that because online courses have not been cancelled.
Frappier says most of his professors are part-timers. “I think all my teachers are pretty good.” But they should be paid equally, he says. “If they are doing the same good job as full-timers they should be getting the same rewards.”
Brandon Boukoua, 19, photographed on Oct. 27 , 2017 at a rally to support striking professor at La Cité.
Brandon Boukoua, 19
Police foundations student
Boukoua, from London, Ont., said he saved up his money to attend La Cité. “I worked all summer to come here. I calculate my funds for the whole year. I don’t really have anything else after that.” He fears his careful planning will be out the window if the college extends the school year to make up lost time due to the strike.
Boukoua lives in residence, and must be out by the end of April. He also wants to be back home working for the summer with no delay.
The college has not said how course work will be made up, and whether terms will be extended. Students at both La Cité and Algonquin have been advised not to make travel plans around Christmas. However, La Cité has also told students the school will be closed Dec. 22 to Jan. 2. Fall semester classes were scheduled to end Dec. 15.
Boukoua says the conflict between the union and colleges is “annoying.”
“It’s not really our problem, but we’re suffering.
“I just want to get back to class.”
Joanne Alary, a dental hygiene professor, photographed on Oct. 27 , 2017 at a rally to support striking professor at La Cité.
Joanne Alary
Dental hygiene professor
Alary says she’s concerned that her students will have trouble making up the clinical hours they need to be able to take exams required by the accreditation body. Third-year students, for example, must spend nine hours a week in the college clinic practising on patients. First-year students practise on a mannequin, and can easily lose the manual dexterity they have begun to develop, she said. “It will be very hard to catch up on all those missing hours. And they will need them to get their diploma.”
Alary says she’s walking the picket line to get a better deal for part-time profs, and to defend “academic freedom,” especially the rights of professors to evaluate students without fear a college administrator will overturn a failing a mark or allow students who don’t meet standards to pass anyway. That hasn’t happened in dental hygiene, but the union maintains it happens in other programs.
Another rally on Monday
The La Cité students association is holding its own rally on Monday to pressure both sides to get back to bargaining.
The association is staying neutral in the dispute, said the association’s communications and marketing manager Talia Falco.
“Our main concern is the students. We don’t want them to be stuck in the middle.” The association will work closely with both teachers and the administration to ensure students end up getting the education they paid for, she said. In the meantime, it hopes to apply pressure to end the strike.
“We are saying, ‘hey you guys, figure it out! We want to go back to class. ‘”
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Stephanie Lavoie, 27, photographed on Oct. 27 , 2017 at a rally to support striking professor at La Cité.
Stephanie Lavoie, 27
Social work student
Teachers need to be heard, says Lavoie, who organized students to join the rally. After all, she soon plans to be working as a fellow professional in their field, perhaps in her dream job as a counsellor at a rape crisis centre or maybe as a college lecturer. She supports the union proposals that colleges hire more full-time profs, and improve job security for the part-timers who must re-apply for their jobs each semester. “I know (part-time professors) are passionate, and they are qualified, but they don’t actually have time to work on their things at the college. I understand their reality.
“They can’t always be on the phone (with students), they have other jobs.”
Alexandre Frappier, 19, photographed on Oct. 27 , 2017 at a rally to support striking professor at La Cité.
Alexandre Frappier, 19
Marketing student
Frappier says he’s anxious for the strike to end so he can go back to class. Administrators at both La Cité and Algonquin College have urged students to study on their own during the strike, reviewing material and working ahead. It’s not that easy, he says. “I can’t say I’ve done too much studying.” One of Frappier’s courses is online, though, so he’s doing that because online courses have not been cancelled.
Frappier says most of his professors are part-timers. “I think all my teachers are pretty good.” But they should be paid equally, he says. “If they are doing the same good job as full-timers they should be getting the same rewards.”
Brandon Boukoua, 19, photographed on Oct. 27 , 2017 at a rally to support striking professor at La Cité.
Brandon Boukoua, 19
Police foundations student
Boukoua, from London, Ont., said he saved up his money to attend La Cité. “I worked all summer to come here. I calculate my funds for the whole year. I don’t really have anything else after that.” He fears his careful planning will be out the window if the college extends the school year to make up lost time due to the strike.
Boukoua lives in residence, and must be out by the end of April. He also wants to be back home working for the summer with no delay.
The college has not said how course work will be made up, and whether terms will be extended. Students at both La Cité and Algonquin have been advised not to make travel plans around Christmas. However, La Cité has also told students the school will be closed Dec. 22 to Jan. 2. Fall semester classes were scheduled to end Dec. 15.
Boukoua says the conflict between the union and colleges is “annoying.”
“It’s not really our problem, but we’re suffering.
“I just want to get back to class.”
Joanne Alary, a dental hygiene professor, photographed on Oct. 27 , 2017 at a rally to support striking professor at La Cité.
Joanne Alary
Dental hygiene professor
Alary says she’s concerned that her students will have trouble making up the clinical hours they need to be able to take exams required by the accreditation body. Third-year students, for example, must spend nine hours a week in the college clinic practising on patients. First-year students practise on a mannequin, and can easily lose the manual dexterity they have begun to develop, she said. “It will be very hard to catch up on all those missing hours. And they will need them to get their diploma.”
Alary says she’s walking the picket line to get a better deal for part-time profs, and to defend “academic freedom,” especially the rights of professors to evaluate students without fear a college administrator will overturn a failing a mark or allow students who don’t meet standards to pass anyway. That hasn’t happened in dental hygiene, but the union maintains it happens in other programs.
Another rally on Monday
The La Cité students association is holding its own rally on Monday to pressure both sides to get back to bargaining.
The association is staying neutral in the dispute, said the association’s communications and marketing manager Talia Falco.
“Our main concern is the students. We don’t want them to be stuck in the middle.” The association will work closely with both teachers and the administration to ensure students end up getting the education they paid for, she said. In the meantime, it hopes to apply pressure to end the strike.
“We are saying, ‘hey you guys, figure it out! We want to go back to class. ‘”
jmiller@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JacquieAMiller
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