When Erin Bomphray opened her email while on summer vacation, she didn’t expect to find a notice that would end her 21-year teaching career at Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

“I was on holidays when I was told my position had been laid off,” she said. “It was a surprise. We used to have 600 students, and now there are about 100.”

Bomphray taught in the School of Business from 2004 until August 2025. She said the news arrived suddenly, just before staff were due to return for the fall term.

“I was emailed while I was still on holidays and called into a meeting,” she said. “I could accept the layoff, bump other people, or remain on the return list so that when they hire, they could take me back.”

For Bomphray, the layoff itself wasn’t as troubling as what it signalled for her colleagues.

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