One of Canada’s largest universities is suspending new admissions to 18 programs this fall in the face of declining enrolment and a multimillion-dollar deficit.
As of September, York University will be putting a pause on incoming students in mostly language and humanity majors, from Spanish and Italian degrees to Indigenous, Jewish, gender and women’s studies — a move some faculty say goes against York’s mission and values and threatens the future of courses that offer wider perspectives on the world.