Originally published in the FSA Voice (April 2016 edition). Nature versus Nurture? Just how innate are qualities like grit and determination? This question has practical implications as we think through how to enhance our students’ success. Since I arrived at BCIT late last Fall to work on an academic support plan for the Institute’s multilingual students, both international and
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On the occasion of her recent retirement we are posting a piece originally published in the April 2017 edition of the FSA Voice. Dorothy Cumming, FSA Member, Faculty, Nursing. In conversation with Kyla Epstein, FSA Member Engagement Officer. “As an educator I wouldn’t trade this for the world.” Minutes into a conversation with Dorothy Cumming you can
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The summer break period is approaching, and many of you will be heading off for your hard-earned annual vacation. Vacation is an earned and paid entitlement for all regular FSA positions in all classifications (e.g. Specialized Faculty, Technical Staff). We recently learned that BCIT is proposing to make involuntary vacation leave bank payouts to members
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Since 2014 the BCIT Faculty & Staff Association have partnered with BCIT and the BCIT Alumni Association for the Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA) by honouring a BCIT alumnus who returned to the Institute as an FSA member. In January we put a call out to our members for nominations and received submissions from a number
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Originally published in the FSA Voice (Oct 2017 edition). A key lesson from the last few rounds of FSA bargaining has been the need for our voice to be heard at the provincial level. We saw this in 2012 when we fought the pay increases mandated by the government that were lower for our sector than for the rest of the
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This piece was originally published in our the FSA Voice (January 2018 edition). How many times have you heard, or maybe said, ‘I only pay attention to the union during bargaining’? It’s a common sentiment, and a common problem, in many unionized workplaces. Bargaining has the highest profile of all union activities. With collective agreements usually having
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