FSA Member & BCIT Librarian Elizabeth Padilla shares her insights into the theme of International Women’s Day 2023 and its resonance. Elizabeth is the library institutional repository coordinator, Marine Campus liaison librarian, Food for Thought series coordinator, and serves as the library EDI coordinator. Celebrated first in 1911, International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked annually on
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Throughout the month of February, FSA Members shared their admiration for Black leaders and organizations and created an impressive, extensive recommended reading list. As we post the last of our series, we thank our members for helping us honour this important month. The Honourable Selwyn Romilly was the first Black B.C. Supreme Court Justice (appointed
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2023 FSA Board Elections: Available Positions In 2023, the following positions were up for election One (1) Treasurer (2023-25 term) Five (5) Directors-at-Large (2023-25 term) Two (2) Directors, Associate Members (2023-25 term We received five (5) nominations for five (5) Director-at-Large positions – The nominees below will be acclaimed as per our bylaws Michelle Beauchamp Joe
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FSA Vice President Shannon Kelly shares her thoughts and those of her son Liam on the Jamaican Canadian educator and politician: An inspiration for me as a post-secondary educator is Jamaican Canadian Rosemary Brown. A major influence in politics, education, and culture in BC and Canada, Brown was the first Black woman elected to a
Read more →“Our thoughts are with Selina Robinson,” FSA President Colin Jones said yesterday, after BC’s Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills announced that she’s undergoing chemotherapy. Robinson told the Provincial Legislature on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 that this round of chemotherapy is beginning less than two years after completing treatment for a tumor found in
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*Throughout the month of February, the FSA is highlighting Black leaders and organizations that have contributed to the labour movement and progressive social change. In the first of our series, FSA member Peter Seidl remembers Emery Barnes. “During Black History Month, and at other times of the year, I think about Emery Barnes (1929 —
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