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FPSE Responds to 2024 Provincial Budget

FPSE News
Feb 22, 2024
FPSE Responds to 2024 Provincial Budget For Immediate Release February 22, 2024 The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) attended the budget lock-up today ahead of Finance Minister...
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FPSE Calls for Immediate Resignation of the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills

FPSE News
Feb 1, 2024
FPSE Calls for Immediate Resignation of the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills For Immediate Release February 1, 2024 The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) joined...
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CAUT calls for B.C. minister’s resignation over political interference

FPSE News
Feb 1, 2024
CAUT calls for B.C. minister’s resignation over political interference (Ottawa – February 1, 2024) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is joining the Federation of Post-Secondary...
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FPSE Calls for Release of Dr. Homa Hoodfar

President's Comment
Jul 12, 2016
A Concordia University colleague, Professor Homa Hoodfar, has been detained by Iranian authorities since early June, and CBC now reports that she has been indicted. The charges have not been specified...
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FPSE celebrates 20th Anniversary of National Aboriginal Day

President's Comment
Jun 21, 2016
Today in Canada, as we celebrate the beginning of summer, we are also celebrating the 20th anniversary of National Aboriginal Day. First proclaimed by then-Governor-General Romeo LeBlanc in 1996, this...
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Highlights from FPSE’s 2016 AGM and Convention

FPSE News
Jun 1, 2016
Delegates to FPSE’s Annual General Meeting and Convention, held May 16-19, 2016, demonstrated their ongoing support for the Executive by acclaiming all four elected officers to their positions...
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Jobs Blueprint a bust, students lose out

President's Comment
Apr 29, 2016
Two years after the launch of the “Skills for Jobs Blueprint,” B.C.’s post-secondary educators don’t see much to celebrate.The Blueprint is about feeding Premier Clark’s fantasy fund. It was designed...
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Statement on the National Day of Mourning, April 28

President's Comment
Apr 28, 2016
On April 28, the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC joins with unions around Canada to recognize the 25th anniversary of the National Day of Mourning. Each year on this date, we remember...
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Adult basic education students face government claw back - FPSE

FPSE News
Apr 7, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 7, 2016VANCOUVER— Low-income British Columbians trying to upgrade their skills are now learning they face yet another roadblock, says the president of the Federation of Post...
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Federal Budget 2016: Small steps forward for post-secondary education

President's Comment
Mar 23, 2016
Yesterday’s federal budget was a modest step in the right direction, a start to addressing some of the pressing problems after a decade of Harper’s Conservatives, but it falls short in some key areas...
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International Women’s Day 2016: Solidarity in the Struggle

President's Comment
Mar 2, 2016
International Women’s Day has been celebrated for over 100 years. With its roots in the early union movement, today is a time to reflect upon the history of women’s struggles for equality...
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President's Comment on Budget 2016

President's Comment
Feb 18, 2016
In Vancouver, spring is in the air. We’re getting glimpses of cherry blossoms on trees and snow drops on the ground. In Victoria, spring means a new Throne Speech and provincial budget – and this...
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BC Budget fails students, communities – CFS-BC, FPSE

FPSE News
Feb 16, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 16, 2016VICTORIA— Another year, another missed opportunity to invest in post-secondary education and address growing problems with affordability. That’s the message from...
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