With the start of the school year around the corner, some universities are grappling with low international student enrollment, which is leading to widespread layoffs.

Earlier this year, multiple post-secondary institutions in B.C. announced significant cuts, with some schools reducing full-time faculty by nearly 10 per cent.

Another round of layoffs is in the works for Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Langara College.

“They announced an additional 80 regular faculty layoffs that are going to take place in April,” said Brent Calvert, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC, in an interview with CityNews.

“They announced that this week, there were 70 laid off earlier in the spring, and roughly about 150 of those were contract faculty. So that brings the total to

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