Portage College Board of Governors and the Portage College Faculty Association (FA) have concluded collective bargaining for 2016-17 with a one-time 2% cash payment settlement to those eligible.

"The Faculty Association views this agreement as demonstrating that faculty are vested in the viability of Portage College and its ability to offer diverse programming based on the needs of the communities we service," says President of the Faculty Association of Portage College, Beverly Lockett.  

The cash settlement is pivotal to the efforts to protect instructional workforce and places the College in a better financial position for addressing a deficit in 2017-18.  

"We are very appreciative that our Faculty Association worked with management in a shared effort to preserve faculty jobs," says Dr. Trent Keough, President & CEO of Portage College. "We are committed to continue dialogue with the Faculty Association as they are net contributors to any strategy for financial solvency into the future."