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NDP government silent and Langara lacking leadership as faculty return to mass layoffs
As faculty and students were gearing up for the start of term, Langara College announced a third round of layoffs: 69 full-time continuing faculty received layoff notice last week. Over […]
FPSE Demands Action on Layoffs and Funding Cuts
“As we face the headwinds of tariffs and the call from the provincial government for a more responsive, innovative, and flexible post-secondary education sector, we are stunned by the silence […]
FPSE Responds to 2025 Provincial Budget
For Immediate Release March 4, 2025 “We were hoping to have some temporary contingency funding to address the crisis at BC colleges and universities in the wake of the dramatic […]
FPSE Responds to 2024 Provincial Budget
FPSE Responds to 2024 Provincial Budget For Immediate Release February 22, 2024 The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) attended the budget lock-up today ahead of Finance Minister […]
FPSE Statement on Resignation of Selina Robinson
FPSE Statement on Resignation of Selina Robinson For Immediate Release February 5, 2024 The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) was pleased to see Premier Eby accept Selina Robinson’s […]
FPSE Stands in Solidarity with Nursing Faculty at Okanagan College
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Vancouver, BC, April 5, 2023 Faculty were shocked to learn Monday April 3rd that year 1 and 2 of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program […]
Post-Secondary Unions Call for Safer Return in January
For immediate release – Vancouver, BC, December 22, 2021 With the Omicron variant, faculty and staff at BC’s post-secondary institutions are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases among students and […]
BC post-secondary unions support University of Manitoba faculty on strike
(Winnipeg, Nov 29, 2021) Union leaders from BC are walking the picket lines with faculty at the University of Manitoba today in support of faculty calls for increased wages and […]
BC Post-Secondary contract workers make gains, but pay equity gaps remain
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) & səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories (Vancouver) – Today is the first day of Fair Employment Week, an international campaign to bring attention to the working conditions of […]
Post-Secondary Educators’ Union Partners with Indigenous Radio Station, Academics, Authors, to Bring Message of Decolonization to More Audiences
This National Indigenous History Month, a BC post-secondary union has partnered with Indigenous radio station Nuxalk Radio to promote Indigenous voices. As an overdue conversation about systemic racism is taking […]
