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Budget 2012: No Vision, No Plan
A year ago BC Liberals elected Christy Clark to replace Gordon Campbell as their leader and as BC’s Premier. Her campaign for leadership had a constant refrain; she was going […]
Budget 2012: Reduced spending means grim outlook for post-secondary education
“The Finance Minster says he wants to challenge our institutions to spend less, but his challenge comes on top of a decade-long trend in which his government has already cut […]
Labour leaders denounce ‘anti-democratic’ Bill 18
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The presidents of the three largest unions in the post-secondary sector – the Federation of Post Secondary Educators (FPSE), the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), […]
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 […]