Ontario college strike aftermath continues to impact students, faculty

David Thomassin and his classmates in Algonquin College’s environmental technician program were ready to begin their shoreline naturalization project on Nov. 7.
They had conducted their research and picked out the shrubs they’d plant along the shoreline of Muskrat Lake near Cobden, but by the time they finished the necessary groundwork their project had been put in limbo.
The 2017 Ontario colleges strike stalled their project and, as the five-week strike dragged on, Thomassin an