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Fair Employment Week: Standing together and standing strong
October 26 marks the beginning of Fair Employment Week when post-secondary educators across Canada and the United States speak out on the problems facing contingent academic staff. The problems are […]
Dialogue with government: It’s time they listened more
Every year Presidents’ Council devotes a full day session to meeting with MLAs in Victoria. Our objective is to give both opposition and government MLAs a firsthand report on how […]
2009 Budget update: credibility and funding suffer
“There’s nothing to cheer about in this update,” said George Davison, Secretary-Treasurer of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators. “Funding at our public institutions is not keeping pace with either demands […]
2009 BC Budget backgrounder
The provincial government has tabled an update of its February 2009 budget. The revised budget highlights some remarkable changes in BC’s fiscal conditions. Prior to the February budget, the BC […]
Poll shows gap between public’s priorities and actions of Campbell government
Results of a mid-August poll by Ipsos Reid, done on behalf of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators, a number of public sector unions and the BC Federation of Labour, show […]
New poll points to renewed investments in public services
Part Two As Finance Minister Colin Hansen prepares to table a revised provincial budget next week, he would do well to consider the results of a mid-August poll done by […]
Funding problems overshadowed by deficit woes
Part One To hear Finance Minister Colin Hansen describe BC’s current fiscal situation you would think that he just discovered the word recession in his briefing notes. Somehow, despite almost […]
Troubling news from Victoria
Several of our local faculty associations have received word that funding for Regional Literacy Coordinators is “under review” by the provincial government. This news comes on the heels of the […]
Deciphering the latest cabinet shuffle
New mandates and new Members of the Legislative Assembly were obvious starting points for Premier Campbell as he announced the new line-up of Cabinet Ministers in Victoria. The challenge over […]