Making cuts to the arts jeopardizes the city’s Poet Laureate, Youth Poet Laureate and Butler Book Prize programs, as well as funding for 45 local not for profits. These essential programs take up a small fraction of the budget, but provide a huge increase in quality of life for local residents.

Recently, the League discovered that Sheridan College had decided to cut the Bachelor of Arts program in Creative Writing & Publishing (CW&P). This program is one of 40 facing cuts due to decreased revenue resulting from caps on international student enrollment.