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FPSE Tour with Co-Development Canada to Honduras & Nicaragua
The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators is a longtime supporter of the work of CoDevelopment Canada. CoDevelopment Canada is a BC-based NGO that works for social change and global education in the Americas. A wonderful strength of CoDev is that it has an existing network of people to contact and partner groups to work with. They…
Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women. As educators and academic workers, December 6 is particularly poignant. On December 6, 1989, fourteen women were murdered at L’École Polytechnique, solely because of their gender. These women, engineering students, lost their lives in a classroom – a classroom in which any…
Statement from FPSE president George Davison on the incident at Emily Carr University
December 3, 2015 Vancouver –George Davison, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC, released the following statement regarding Wednesday’s assault at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. “Our thoughts are with the injured student, and with all the faculty, staff, and students of Emily Carr University today, as they come together to…
Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2015 November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, held annually to remember the people killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. This past year, 73 people around the world have lost their lives to anti-trans violence. Just as tragically, the suicide rate for trans people in Canada is one of the highest. Over…
FPSE calls for a renewed funding commitment to English as an Additional Language Programs
PRESS RELEASE FPSE calls for a renewed funding commitment to English as an Additional Language Programs November 18, 2015 Vancouver – The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE) is calling on the BC government to reinstate funding to English as an Additional Language (EAL) programs in post-secondary institutions. “While we commend the BC government for proclaiming…
FPSE Members and the Economic Stability Dividend
November 18, 2015 FPSE Members and the Economic Stability Dividend FPSE Locals that have ratified collective agreements under the Economic Stability Mandate will be receiving a pay increase of 0.45% in February 2016. Last week, Statistics Canada released the finalized 2014 provincial GDP data, reporting that BC’s economy grew by 3.2%. Under the terms of…
Budget recommendations support post-secondary education
We are pleased that the BC Legislature’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has included in its report several of the Federation of Post-Secondary Education’s recommendations to the Committee.Highlights include recommendations to restore full and sustained funding to Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language programs and that government undertake a comprehensive review of…
The Simple Act of Voting
Tomorrow is Election Day. For those of us who did not vote in the advance polls or by special ballot, it is our opportunity to participate in the governance of our nation and make our voices heard. Years ago, I saw a voter engagement campaign aimed at youth with a poster that said, “Nelson Mandela…
What Are You Voting For?
As we get closer to Election Day, decided voters are becoming more vocal in sharing their opinions about where they’re parking their vote, and why. But according to Canada’s leading polling firms, only 30% to 40% of voters have made up their mind. So what about the rest of Canada? This election, an unusually large…
Same Work, Same Rights – It's not complicated
In an era of increasingly precarious employment, more and more people are seeking additional education and training to help them get a leg up in the job market. The days when a high school diploma or even an undergraduate degree were synonymous with a good job are but a distant memory. The irony is, of…