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BC Jobs Plan failing northern communities: Community college layoffs reflect lack of commitment to northern economy
With an unemployment rate in northern BC sitting at 11.5 per cent and layoffs looming at northern colleges, the B.C. government’s vaunted BC Jobs Plan is failing northern communities, unions […]
Make Post-Secondary Education More Affordable: FPSE Puts Its Support behind National Day of Action by Students
“We know post-secondary education is a key to building a better BC, so why don’t we make it more accessible,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators. […]
Post-Secondary Education: It's worth the investment
Post-secondary education is a key to prosperity, not just for the society that is prepared to provide that education, but also for the students who are prepared to take on […]
December 6th: Wear white
December 6th marks a tragic anniversary, one in which 14 female students at Quebec’s École Polytechnique de Montréal were killed by a lone gunman. Ten other female students were also […]
Proposed Post-Secondary Legislation Will Strip Faculty Rights say Educators
Proposed Amendments Would Disallow Faculty Reps from Election to Local Boards “Premier Clark said she wants to do politics differently,” said Cindy Oliver President of the 10,000 member Federation of […]
Hands Up for Fair Employment
This week in post-secondary institutions across Canada faculty and staff are highlighting the problems that non-regular faculty face in their demand for fair employment. It is a struggle that every […]
Polling Data Shows Growing Gap between Voters and Government on Post-Secondary Education
August has not been a great month for BC’s Premier Clark. The results of the HST referendum showed that even in many of the BC Liberal held ridings, the majority […]