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Read the latest news in BC post-secondary education.
BC's minimum wage: it's everybody's issue
The start of November marks an important date in all our calendars. It was six years ago this month that BC’s lowest paid workers got a raise. The start of […]
Fair Employment Week
Throughout the week of October 22-26, post-secondary educators across Canada will be working to advance the cause of fair employment for non-regular faculty. The events of this week are part […]
Provincial Training Tax Credit proposal: Better ways to invest $90 million
When she presented her February 2006 provincial budget, Finance Minster Carole Taylor set aside $90 million for a proposed training tax credit program. Her idea was to provide employers with […]
Post-secondary educators see good news in announced cuts to Adult Basic Education tuition fees
“It’s a long time coming, but we are glad to see this policy change is finally going to happen,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators. Ms. […]
Campus 2020 recommendations out of step with public opinion
Just over a year ago the provincial government launched a review of BC’s public post-secondary education system. It was called Campus 2020 and it was led by Geoff Plant, the […]
New poll shows public still concerned about the high cost of post-secondary education
“We can’t keep ignoring the basic fact: a majority of British Columbians think post-secondary education tuition fees are too high,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators […]
NVITEA President wins major court battle
The President of Nicola Valley Institute of Technology Employees’ Association, Sharon McIvor, has won an important legal victory in the BC Supreme Court. On June 11, 2007 the court released […]
Campus 2020 report acknowledges problems but is short on solutions
Geoff Plant’s report, Access and Excellence: The Campus 2020 Plan for British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education System, marks an important admission that the BC Liberals’ last six years of policy and […]
Fraud case highlights problems with contracting out
A recent news report that Langara College has dismissed its Manager of Administrative Services in the Continuing Studies Department after an alleged fraud scheme was discovered by college accounting and […]