Despite talks set to resume between Ontario's colleges and OPSEU, St. Clair College has begun coming up with contingency plans in the event a strike by faculty continues much longer.
In a province-wide strike, 330 St. Clair faculty members, represented by OPSEU Local 138, walked off the job on October 16 to back contract demands.
Speaking on AM800's the Lynn Martin Show, College Vice President of Communications John Fairley says different scenarios are being discussed from prolonging the school year to having exams written on weekends.
Fairley says several options are on the table.
"Maybe instead of having everyone done by December 8, maybe that gets a little prolonged in December, again we don't want anyone to lose their year," says Fairley.
He stresses a lot depends on when talks resume and a deal is reached.
"It depends on a lot of things, but would we go into exams after Christmas, which other people have done we could look at exams on weekends which we have never had I don't think here at the college, but the university has it and other colleges have Saturday and Sunday exams."
Fairley says students have a lot of questions about their school year, outside of the academic concerns.
"People have trips booked and Christmas plans, job possibilities and writing exams and housing to deal with."
The union says the key issues are fairness for contract faculty between full time and part-time instructors along with academic freedom.