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FPSE endorses Sussanne Skidmore for President and Hermender Singh Kailley for Secretary-Treasurer of the BC Federation of Labour

FPSE News
Nov 26, 2024
FPSE endorses Sussanne Skidmore for President and Hermender Singh Kailley for Secretary-Treasurer of the BC Federation of Labour Together they will build solidarity, lobby government, and advocate for...
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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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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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Budget update demonstrates renewed commitment to post-secondary education

FPSE News
Sep 11, 2017
September 11, 2017 | VICTORIA, BC—The Budget Update announced today by the BC government demonstrates the government’s commitment to increasing access to post-secondary education. Following the recent...
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Labour Day 2017

President's Comment
Sep 1, 2017
Across the country, on September 4th we will celebrate Labour Day and the living history of unions across BC and Canada. From the print workers who organized for a reasonable workday almost 150 years...
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Canadian Association of Labour Media Labour Day Poster

FPSE: A History of Activism

FPSE News
Aug 31, 2017
In 1991, the FPSE (then CIEA) produced and circulated 250,000 copies of an election pamphlet titled Today’s education – Tomorrow’s Opportunities: An Advanced Education and Training Agenda for British...
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