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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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Democracy in the cross-hairs…again

President's Comment
Aug 18, 2010
Voters in BC have had quite a year. Following the May 2009 provincial election, they were stunned to find out that an issue the BC Liberals had promised not to enact-the harmonizing of our provincial...
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Canada’s Census Debate: The Long and Short of It

President's Comment
Jul 28, 2010
The federal government is pushing hard to make a significant change in the way Statistics Canada conducts the 2011 Census. If the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, Tony Clement, has his way...
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BC’s trades training system: missing in action

President's Comment
Jun 9, 2010
With close to 540 delegates drawn from all provinces and territories in Canada, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) met in Saint John's Newfoundland and Labrador last week to consider the road...
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Election results confirm new FPSE Executive

FPSE News
May 31, 2010
Delegates at the 30th Annual FPSE Convention voted to elect members of the new FPSE Executive. The six-person Executive was confirmed following the Convention last month. The following positions and...
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Convention unity sends strong message to employers and governments

President's Comment
May 25, 2010
There is a lot of momentum created when the representatives of 10,000 post-secondary educators in BC unite around a single plan for action in their sector. That's what happened last week as delegates...
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Post-secondary educators mobilize for the year ahead

FPSE News
May 17, 2010
Bargaining, organizing and holding governments accountable are major items at FPSE’s 30th Annual Convention “Renewing our collective agreements and renewing our commitment to organizing are going to...
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Bargaining begins for post-secondary educators

FPSE News
May 11, 2010
Working conditions have direct relation to classroom conditions. A key to improving the learning environment for post-secondary students in BC will be improving working conditions for educators, say...
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Feeling stressed? You’re not alone

President's Comment
Apr 8, 2010
Workplace stress comes in many forms, has many effects and, ultimately, can prove to be damaging not just for the worker who experiences the stress, but also the workplace where the stress is...
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Make a difference on April 10th

FPSE News
Apr 8, 2010
Community groups, arts and culture organizations, unions, seniors and students have banned together to press the provincial government to re-think its budget priorities. The group is called the...
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March 8, 2010: Solidarity for Women

President's Comment
Mar 8, 2010
Solidarity has always been an integral part of the labour movement. It is a recognition by all that we share a common struggle and a common history. But our solidarity often extends far beyond those...
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