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Kwantlen Faculty Association's Maureen Shaw appointed to Canadian Labour and Business Centre Board of Directors
The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Maureen Shaw to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC). […]
FPSE co-sponsoring international conference on non-regular faculty
FPSE is co-sponsoring the COCAL VII conference set to take place August 10-13, 2006 at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre campus in the heart of downtown Vancouver. This is the […]
Tighter US security restrictions affect academic traveling to or through the US
Post-9/11 travel to the United States faces tighter rules as US policy shifts to require a visa for many forms of travel to or through US territory. Academics attending conferences, […]
Retirement seminars coming soon to a college near you
The PC Pension Corporation has announced a series of retirement seminars for members of the College Pension Plan. The retirement seminars are a great way to find out about your […]
BC Budget 2006 Backgrounder
In her 2006 budget speech Finance Minister Carol Taylor describes how the BC Liberals’ fiscal choices are giving priority to education and training. The Minister states that: “We are allocating […]
Budget 2006 won't meet 'Great Goals' in post-secondary
“Premier Campbell wants BC to be ‘the most literate and best educated’ in Canada, but his 2006 Budget falls well-short of funding those goals,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the […]
BC's Throne Speech: 'Transformative', but for whom?
With the launch of a new legislative session, the BC government’s Throne Speech has signaled that its new mandate may soon begin to look a lot like its first four […]