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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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Cuts at Vancouver Community College will close the doors to thousands

FPSE News
Mar 27, 2008
Increases, not cuts, needed to reduce provincial labour shortages Proposed cuts to programs have surprised and shocked faculty and students at Vancouver Community College (VCC). The cuts would...
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Kwantlen arbitration win strengthens our fight for non-regular faculty rights

President's Comment
Mar 25, 2008
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...
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What happened to five great goals? say college educators

FPSE News
Mar 20, 2008
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...
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College instructors and forest workers join forces to sound the alarm: budget turns a blind eye on job crisis

FPSE News
Mar 11, 2008
"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...
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BC Budget 2008: an exercise in distraction

President's Comment
Feb 21, 2008
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...
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Post-secondary education falling behind in 2008 provincial budget

FPSE News
Feb 19, 2008
"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...
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Forum highlights benefits of better funding for literacy and English language programs

President's Comment
Jan 28, 2008
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...
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Forum to focus on critical needs of post-secondary education system

President's Comment
Jan 17, 2008
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...
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Statement on the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre

FPSE News
Dec 6, 2007
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...
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Campus 2020 and the phony debate

President's Comment
Dec 3, 2007
When Geoff Plant was first appointed to conduct the Campus 2020 review of BC's post-secondary education system, caution flags were raised. Many wondered how the former BC Liberal Cabinet Minister...
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