Colin Jones, FSA President This year as we contemplate the meaning of work and what it means to be a worker, I keep returning to the primary condition that distinguishes one person’s work from another during a pandemic: the ability to work remotely. BCIT, more than any other post-secondary institute in BC, has continued to
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From Colin Jones, FSA President, and the FSA Board of Directors Update (2021-06-14): The survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who completed the survey! A report on the results will be shared with the membership at the October 2021 AGM. This survey will be back in your inboxes in 2023. Biennial FSA Baseline
Read more →It’s hard to believe, particularly as we still work to “dot the i’s and cross the t’s” of our 2019-22 Collective Agreement, but it’s time to get ready for our next round of bargaining! The first step is the formation of the FSA Collective Agreement Committee (CAC). This committee of members is a crucial part
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Nominations Received Nominations were accepted from March 3rd until April 6th To see the full election timeline for 2021 please click here. We received five (5) nominations for five (5) Director-at-Large positions – These will be acclaimed as per our by-laws We received one (1) nomination for one (1) Treasurer position – This will be acclaimed as per our by-laws We
Read more →Colin Jones, FSA President In acknowledgement of March 21st, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I thought it was time to add some words to the statement we put out last June. That statement came out at a time when our newsfeeds were alight with evidence of racial injustice and discrimination. For
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This is an updated version of a piece that originally ran our 2017/18 Annual Report. Guest Contributor: Mak Abdel-Hai; FSA Member; Visual Effects & Motion Graphics Instructor; Digital Arts, BCIT School of Business + Media You might not know that many instructors at BCIT lack job security and are forced to accept a two-tier system,
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