Concordia announces cost-saving measures due to foreign student drop

The Canadian Press · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Nov 07, 2025 12:09 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Concordia University says it's deferring sabbaticals and won't beryllium renewing immoderate teaching contracts successful effect to national and provincial migration policies.

The assemblage successful Montreal says provincial backing cuts for planetary students person besides played a relation successful its decision.

Concordia announced the cost-saving measures successful a fund update earlier this week.

The assemblage says planetary enrolment fell by 23 per cent this twelvemonth compared to 2024, portion applications by planetary students dropped by 40 per cent.

In response, Concordia says it is deferring sabbatical applications for 1 year, and offering full-time module voluntary status packages.

As well, it won't beryllium renewing limited-term teaching contracts for adjacent year.

Sixty-three module members are connected limited-term contracts, with astir of them expiring successful June 2026.

Both Quebec and Canada person taken steps to bounds the fig of planetary students successful the country. As a effect universities crossed Canada are dealing with a important diminution successful revenue.