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    • 28 SEP 23
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    The FSA Commemorates the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

    The FSA Commemorates the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

    September 30, 2023, is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR), which honours the victims of residential and day schools, their families, and communities. The schools operated on this land between 1831 and 1996, part of a broader project of nation building that experts in Canadian History now recognize as genocide. All week, the National

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    • 28 SEP 23
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    Resources for 10.6 PD Leave

    Resources for 10.6 PD Leave

    On September 27, FSA President Colin Jones and ITS member Andrew Jackson hosted an event explaining the Leave as it’s granted by Article 10.6 of the Collective Agreement. The seminar focused on best practices and the history of 10.6, which is perhaps of especial to Specialized Faculty, who were included in 10.6 for the first time after

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    • 21 SEP 23
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    Retroactive Pay for Former Members and Some Working in PTS

    Retroactive Pay for Former Members and Some Working in PTS

    The recently ratified BCIT/FSA collective agreement has resulted in retroactive pay for eligible employees who worked between July 1, 2022 and the date of ratification, July 13, 2023. We have been working with BCIT to ensure that you receive any retroactive pay to which you’re entitled. However, for some employees and former employees, receiving retroactive

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    • 20 SEP 23
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    Statement on Anti-Trans Protests

    Statement on Anti-Trans Protests

    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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    • 19 SEP 23
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    Establishing Procedures to Enhance Collegial Governance

    This Labour Relations Advice was originally published in the Fall 2023 issue of the FSA’s Voice Newsletter. For the better part of the past two years, the FSA has been conducting training across the Institute to better inform our members of their collegial governance rights and responsibilities. Our members have robust rights when it comes

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    • 15 SEP 23
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    The FSA is Hiring a Labour Relations Assistant

    Come work with us! The BCITFSA is seeking to hire a full-time Temporary Labour Relations Assistant (LRA) for our office at the BCIT Burnaby campus, located on unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. The contract will be for 24 months, with an anticipated

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