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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 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

FPSE News
Aug 20, 2018
The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC is concerned that the recent diplomatic exchange between Canada’s Foreign Affairs department and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has resulted in direction...
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Pride: Pursuing an Inclusive Future Together

President's Comment
Jul 25, 2018
Pride began as a protest, as community resistance to police raids on LGBT spaces in cities across North America. Today, pride is a celebration of how far LGBTQ/2S people have come, and a reminder of...
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FPSE at pride

National Indigenous Peoples’ Day

FPSE News
Jun 21, 2018
Since 1996, we’ve recognized National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, the longest day of the year. Today we celebrate the many cultures and languages of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, and renew our...
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Indigenous Peoples' Day

Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization

FPSE News
Mar 9, 2018
We are pleased to announce the publication of Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization; inspired by a 2016 speaking tour by Arthur Manuel, less than a year before his untimely passing in...
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Whose Land is it Anyway

BC budget continues to increase access to post-secondary education – FPSE

FPSE News
Feb 20, 2018
Today’s budget confirms the change in direction this government began last August to improve affordability and choice in our post-secondary system,” said FPSE President George Davison. “By removing...
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BC Legislature resumes: Let's look ahead to 2018

President's Comment
Feb 13, 2018
With 2018 well underway, and the second legislative session of the new government about to begin, it’s a good time to take stock of the changes that have been made, and how we will focus our efforts...
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A Look Back at 2017

President's Comment
Dec 19, 2017
This has been quite a year, for FPSE, and for BC. From our Open the Doors Days of Action in January, to a new government sworn in after 16 years, to Minister Melanie Mark meeting with our Presidents’...
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FPSE Presidents' Council meeting with Minister Melanie Mark

Statement on the BC Government Approval of the Site C Dam Project

FPSE News
Dec 11, 2017
Today the BC government has announced that construction of the Site C Dam project will proceed, describing the decision as making the best of a bad deal given that $4 billion dollars would be added to...
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

President's Comment
Dec 6, 2017
Today, we remember the victims of the 1989 massacre at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. It was twenty-eight years ago on...
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

President's Comment: Fair Employment Week

President's Comment
Oct 23, 2017
Today marks the start of Fair Employment Week which runs from October 23-27. This year is the 10th anniversary of Fair Employment Week, a week of action to raise the profile of precarious employment...
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