
Potential merger with Cumberland and Parkland Colleges should be paused: SGEU
A provincial union is asking for a potential merger of two colleges to be put on hold.
In a release issued Thursday, the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) is asking the Cumberland and Parkland Regional Colleges Coalition Board to pause their plan to merge the two Colleges until they can provide more information and respond to questions and concerns from stakeholders and the public.
Cumberland College and Parkland College Boards made the decision to enter into a coalition agreement in 2018.
However, the SGEU said a potential merger was not mentioned during the coalition process or appears in the strategic plans or annual reports of the two colleges.