For a third year, we are 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 January we put a call out to our members for nominations and received submissions from a number of departments. The
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This is one in a 2016 series from the desk of the FSA Executive Director, Paul Reniers. July 20th Edition The Collective Agreement is Here! Nine months after it was ratified by FSA members, but just eight months after it was ratified by the employer, paper copies of the new collective agreement have been reproduced. Believe it
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Early in 2015, BCIT learned that it was eligible for a fourth Canada Research Chair (CRC). From that time, several members raised concerns with the FSA about how that position would be filled and whether the process would be fair. Over the following months, the FSA shared those concerns with Institute management. In November 2015,
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This call is now closed. We are pleased to announce that Judy Shandler will continue in this role for 2106/17. Call for Applications Performance Development System Co-ordinator 1 year, 0.5 FTE Release The BCIT Faculty and Staff Association is looking to select a regular member to serve as Performance Development System Co-ordinator with 0.5 FTE
Read more →This is one in a 2016 series from the desk of the FSA Executive Director, Paul Reniers. April 18th Edition The Collective Agreement Is Coming The latest FSA –BCIT collective agreement was reached on July 31, ratified by the bargaining unit in September, and by the employer in mid-October. Since then BCIT’s Labour Relations office and the
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At its meeting on January 20, 2016, the FSA Board of Directors endorsed affiliating with the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and called for a vote by the membership in April 2016. In an effort to provide FSA members with adequate information prior to the vote, we have embarked on a campaign to provide
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