Hundreds of part-time college instructors affected by drop in foreign enrollment

Shannon Knelsen has taught health management in Ontario’s college system for nearly eight years. Until recently, she had all the work she could handle, even if that meant a teaching schedule cobbled together across four different schools.Then came the sudden drop in foreign enrolment brought on by changes to the international student program. The college sector plunged into financial crisis, and one after another, Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges have announced layoffs, program suspensions and other cost-cutting measures.