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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 […]
Amendment to School Act sends a troubling message
On March 26, 2007, the BC Liberals tabled Bill 20, the School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act. In her introduction of the legislation, Education Minster Shirley Bond emphasized that the […]
Latest federal budget: lots of talk but very little action
On the eve of his 2007 federal budget, federal Finance Minster Jim Flaherty followed the tradition of buying new shoes. However, in Mr. Flaherty’s case, the shoes were hockey skates. […]
International Women's Day: March 8, 2007
As we go marching, marching We bring the greater days For the rising of the women Means the rising of the race No more the drudge and idler Ten […]
Budget 2007 won't help students or post-secondary
“At a time when we need to make post-secondary education more affordable and accessible and we have the budget surplus to achieve those goals, Premier Campbell has squandered the opportunity […]
Damage from deregulation continues to spread
Premier Campbell and his Minster of Advanced Education, Murray Coell, got a nasty New Year’s surprise last week with the announcement from the government of China that it would actively […]