A Small But Important Win The journey of Policy 5401 has led to a small win and also raised awareness of a larger issue for the FSA and our members. This policy went very quickly from the revision stage in November to a rushed approval at the Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Education Councial (EdCo) meeting—rushed
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Thank you to the many Departments that wrote to Education Council (EdCo) in response to the employer’s proposed changes to Policy 5401. The FSA is collecting member responses to the policy, and we would like to see yours. If you did not ‘cc’ or ‘bcc’ the FSA on your Department’s response, or if you have recently
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The BC Labour History Centre has a number of resources available to aid learners wishing to know more about the history of working people and labour movement in this province, including histories of working-class Black leaders. Many accounts of Black leadership in BC labour remain untold, some are lost. I know from my own research
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On November 2, 2023, FSA Board of Directors member Judy Shandler received the Institute’s Distinguished Award–formerly the Distinguished Alumni Award–for her immense contributions to the FSA and BCIT. Below we’ve reproduced Judy’s acceptance speech as well as Vice President Shannon Kelly’s introduction. SK It is my great honour to present the FSA Distinguished Alumni Award
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This week, far-right and anti-trans groups across Canada have organized protests, rallies, and other gatherings in opposition to longstanding education policies designed to make K-12 schools safer and more inclusive spaces, both for 2SLGBTQIA+ children and everyone in the school community. In the wake of these anti-trans protests, we want to state unequivocally that the
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The SFU Historian Mark Leier documents a very interesting political history to Labour Day. The course of the holiday, it seems, follows the broader trajectory of the labour movement, both in the US and Canada—our ups, downs, militancy, or calm. One takeaway from this is, I think, that Labour Day (much like a union) is
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