The Globe and Mail Laurentian professors in precarious spot as university navigates insolvency Tenured professors at Laurentian University expect to know Monday whether they will be laid off as part of an extraordinary restructuring aimed at cutting costs at the insolvent and debt-burdened school. CTV News Affected Laurentian faculty to get termination notices Monday It's going to be an incredibly difficult few days for the faculty at Laurentian University as the union that represents them has been warned termination notices are coming on Monday. The Toronto Star Laurentian University is in peril, and it's not alone. Governments have systematically underfunded universities and colleges across the country for decades There was a heated volley in the House of Commons recently over the fate of French post-secondary education in the country.