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  • Webcast of Forum Debate Provides Insights into Rank and Advancement

    The debate over rank and advancement within BC’s new special purpose teaching universities was the subject of a panel discussion at a recently organized faculty and public forum at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Surrey campus. The forum was organized by the Kwantlen Faculty Association with support from FPSE as part of the Federation’s University Week campaign.…

  • Invest in education to get BC back on track say Post-Secondary Educators

     “The pay-off for BC and BC’s students will be significant,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE). Oliver was making the comment following a presentation by FPSE Executive to the Select Standing Committee of Finance, which held public hearings as part of their pre-budget consultation process. “There is a lot of…

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    COCAL IX Conference: building unity across many borders

    “Contingent academic faculty across North America have a common goal: to build strength through a shared strategy of organizing and bargaining,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators and one of the keynote presenters at this year’s International Conference of the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labour (COCAL).  The event was held last…

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    Democracy in the cross-hairs…again

    Voters in BC have had quite a year. Following the May 2009 provincial election, they were stunned to find out that an issue the BC Liberals had promised not to enact-the harmonizing of our provincial sales tax with the federal Goods and Services Tax-was suddenly a done deal. The announced about-face was made at a…

  • Canada’s Census Debate: The Long and Short of It

    The federal government is pushing hard to make a significant change in the way Statistics Canada conducts the 2011 Census.  If the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, Tony Clement, has his way, the long form portion of the Census will be eliminated, and replaced with a voluntary data-gathering instrument. The news of this proposed change…

  • BC’s trades training system: missing in action

    With close to 540 delegates drawn from all provinces and territories in Canada, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) met in Saint John’s Newfoundland and Labrador last week to consider the road ahead for trades training in Canada. The delegates included representatives from industry, the labour movement, post-secondary education trades instructors, Directors of Apprenticeship, and both…

  • Election results confirm new FPSE Executive

    Delegates at the 30th Annual FPSE Convention voted to elect members of the new FPSE Executive.  The six-person Executive was confirmed following the Convention last month. The following positions and candidates were acclaimed by the Convention: 1.    President, Cindy Oliver 2.    Secretary-Treasurer, George Davison 3.    First Vice-President, Nanci Lucas There were two candidates for the…

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    Convention unity sends strong message to employers and governments

    There is a lot of momentum created when the representatives of 10,000 post-secondary educators in BC unite around a single plan for action in their sector. That’s what happened last week as delegates at FPSE’s 30th Annual Convention unanimously supported the Convention Action Plan, a plan that will target the organization’s resources, staff and leadership…

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    Post-secondary educators mobilize for the year ahead

    Bargaining, organizing and holding governments accountable are major items at FPSE’s 30th Annual Convention “Renewing our collective agreements and renewing our commitment to organizing are going to be major agenda items at this year’s convention,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators. Oliver was referring to FPSE’s 30th Annual Convention which starts…

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    Bargaining begins for post-secondary educators

    Working conditions have direct relation to classroom conditions. A key to improving the learning environment for post-secondary students in BC will be improving working conditions for educators, say the people who work in BC’s post-secondary institutions. Members of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) and the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU)…