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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 […]
2023 FPSE Human Rights and International Solidarity Speakers Tour
The FPSE Human Rights and International Solidarity Committee is proud to present the 2023 edition of the annual Speakers Tour, which will focus on international students and academic freedom. […]
FPSE Endorses Statement of Support for Iran
At the October 23 & 24, 2022 meeting of Presidents’ Council, a resolution was brought forward from Local 01, Capilano Faculty Association (CFA), asking the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of […]
2022 FPSE Human Rights and International Solidarity Speakers Tour
FPSE’s annual Human Rights Speakers’ Tour is coming up and we’re shining a spotlight on the overlap of human rights issues at home and abroad. Join us Feb 22 for […]
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 […]
FPSE Joins National 'Fair Employment Week' Campaign
FPSE has joined the national campaign for fairness for contract faculty and staff organized by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). The Fair Employment Week campaign runs from October […]
FPSE Statement | Educators’ Experience with the Return to Campus September 2021
After five semesters of the post-secondary system operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was hope that September 2021 would herald a return to somewhat ‘normal’ operations. Indeed, the July 5 […]
Solidarity in the Post-Secondary Labour Movement
(British Columbia, September 2, 2021) – With last week’s ever-changing landscape in COVID-related announcements affecting BC’s post-secondary sector we saw what’s possible amidst chaos. Union leaders jumped to action to […]
FPSE Statement on the remains of 215 children found at a former residential school
The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation discovery of the remains of 215 children at an unmarked site in Kamloops, B.C. has shocked the community, the province and the nation. FPSE […]
