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FPSE Demands Action on Layoffs and Funding Cuts

FPSE News
Mar 25, 2025
FPSE Demands Action on Layoffs and Funding Cuts For Immediate Release March 25, 2025 The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) is sounding the alarm as layoffs of faculty members have...
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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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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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Post-secondary institutions need funding, and not just for targeted programs

FPSE News
Feb 3, 2016
PRESS RELEASEPost-secondary institutions need funding, and not just for targeted programs - FPSEFebruary 3, 2016Vancouver – Restricting new funding to only targeted post-secondary programs can...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward

President's Comment
Jan 28, 2016
It’s a new year: a good time to reflect both on the year past and on our goals for the year to come.On the post-secondary front, 2015 was a year of ups and downs in BC. February saw a budget that...
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FPSE Tour with Co-Development Canada to Honduras & Nicaragua

FPSE News
Jan 1, 2016
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...
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Trees of Life - Nicaragua

Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

President's Comment
Dec 6, 2015
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...
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