<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hello UF network!</div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">In case you haven't heard yet, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif">Fleming College announced via email the suspension of 29 programs, with 14 of these programs located at the Frost campus. This includes the programs, Fish and Wildlife, Ecosystem Management, and Urban Forestry. Fleming College has long held a reputation as the best environmental campus in the country for its studies, a reputation now jeopardized by these suspensions. Fleming President, Maureen Adamson claims the reason why these programs were cut was because of the reduction of international students, however, these programs are primarily enrolled by domestic students and the popular international student programs were left open.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif">As a 2023 graduate of the Urban Forestry program at Fleming, I urge you to help us fight for our future workers in urban forestry by signing the petition below:</span></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/reverse-program-suspensions-at-fleming-frost-campus?recruiter=1337298048&recruited_by_id=5cdb4930-0404-11ef-85d2-0b336246c844&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium=copylink">https://www.change.org/p/reverse-program-suspensions-at-fleming-frost-campus?recruiter=1337298048&recruited_by_id=5cdb4930-0404-11ef-85d2-0b336246c844&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium=copylink</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>Below are some news articles about the devastating decision to cut these programs: </div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10450997/fleming-college-receives-blowback-after-cutting-29-programs/">https://globalnews.ca/video/10450997/fleming-college-receives-blowback-after-cutting-29-programs/</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/shock-and-fear-for-their-jobs-this-ontario-public-college-is-slashing-29-programs-after/article_19618dac-0334-11ef-bbd4-cbda5c2525ee.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/shock-and-fear-for-their-jobs-this-ontario-public-college-is-slashing-29-programs-after/article_19618dac-0334-11ef-bbd4-cbda5c2525ee.html</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10452770/faculty-union-blasts-program-cuts-fleming-college-peterborough-ont/">https://globalnews.ca/news/10452770/faculty-union-blasts-program-cuts-fleming-college-peterborough-ont/</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>The link and QR code below is an Instagram group that keeps people up to date about what is going on:</div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(245,245,245);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/froststudentaction?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" style="">https://www.instagram.com/froststudentaction?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==</a></span><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><img src="cid:ii_lvk0yuxp0" alt="image.png" width="215" height="247"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>Thank you for reading and caring for our urban forests!</div><div>Julianna Goertzen</div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(245,245,245);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div></div>
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