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Kwantlen arbitration win strengthens our fight for non-regular faculty rights
It’s hard to overstate the importance that FPSE places on the fight to win better protection for non-regular faculty. Often referred to as regularization, it’s an issue that plays out in every local across the province. It’s an issue that touches virtually every faculty member—most of us started our careers as non-regular faculty. It’s also…
What happened to five great goals? say college educators
March 20, 2008 – “It seems our Premier has lost interest in what used to be one of his key priorities,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE). Oliver was commenting on an announcement by the provincial government that post-secondary institutions would see cuts in their provincial operating grants. “When Premier…
College instructors and forest workers join forces to sound the alarm: budget turns a blind eye on job crisis
“I don’t know what happened to their so-called Heartland strategy, but the latest provincial budget is completely ignoring the mounting job crisis we see in the Central Interior,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE). Oliver is in Prince George to speak at a public forum set for 5 p.m. March…
BC Budget 2008: an exercise in distraction
February 2008 marks Carol Taylor’s last budget as BC’s Finance Minister. She will, no doubt, be remembered for many things – expensive shoes, fashionable eyewear – but her performance on February 19 will go down in the record books as another blinding display of political distraction. In both the budget look-up and in her speech…
Post-secondary education falling behind in 2008 provincial budget
“Post-secondary education will see a decrease in per student funding under this budget despite the fact that the Minister of Finance highlights a growing skills shortage as a critical risk to the British Columbian economy,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC. “Although the Ministry of Advanced Education will see…
Forum highlights benefits of better funding for literacy and English language programs
Budget season is upon us and Finance Ministers at both the federal and provincial levels are looking at a wide range of program and funding options. If these Ministers did some careful analysis, they would find public dollars directed at programs that increase essential skills like literacy and English Language Training (ELT) have tremendous benefits…
Forum to focus on critical needs of post-secondary education system
On January 27, our Federation is hosting a forum on critical post-secondary education issues. The event will bring together labour leaders from BC’s largest unions, representatives from Metro Vancouver’s Chinese-speaking community, Lower Mainland MLAs, representatives from the Canadian Federation of Students as well as Presidents from our Lower Mainland locals. The focal point of this…
Statement on the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
Those murders eighteen years ago have become a stark reminder to us all of the problem of violence against women. According to the United Nations, at least one in three women in the world has been severely abused in her lifetime. Even more disturbing, many of those abuses are at the hands of a family…
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 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. In…