Guest blogger: Laurie Izgerean, BCITFSA PTS Task Force, PTS Communications Faculty What: 47th AGM and Convention – Federation of Post Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) Theme: Stronger Together: Building High-Participation Unions When: May 15-17, 2017 – Victoria B.C. (Day 1 & 2 Only) Opening Session – Day 1 Recap President’s Message: The 47th Annual FPSE
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Update: June 20, 2017 On behalf of the entire FSA, thank you to the 419 members who took the time to complete our first baseline member survey. We know that your time is valuable and we feel grateful for the effort and knowledge you shared with us through this survey. What Next? Now that the survey
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For a fourth year, the FSA is partnering 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 November 2016, we put a call out to our members for nominations and received submissions from a number of departments. The FSA board* deliberated over the nominees and we
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What can we achieve through elections? Elections, especially provincial elections, offer unique opportunities to advocate for public post-secondary education. At election time, at forums and through the media, FSA members can: Reach large numbers of the public through questions to candidates and personal contact; Determine candidate vision, knowledge, and support for public post-secondary education; Raise
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Thank you to everyone who voted in the FSA 2017 elections. And a special thank you to all the candidates who stepped up to run. We are pleased to congratulate the following candidates on their 2017-19 election as FSA Directors-at-Large. Karl Hildebrandt Zaa Joseph Shannon Kelly Nancy Knaggs Silvia Raschke They will join the rest
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What about the implicit bias revolution? Last spring, two FSA staff took part in a Deep Diversity workshop sponsored by the BC Federation of Labour. The workshop was billed as an introduction to unconscious bias, stereotypes, and how they relate to diversity inclusion in the workplace, and it aimed to provide tools to “diminish the effects these
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