This year marked BCIT’s first entry in the Vancouver Pride Parade and we were thrilled to be invited to join the float as a member of the BCIT community. Two of our Labour Relations Representatives, Tess Rebbitt and Christine Nagy, joined the festivities and were pleased to be a part of supporting queer communities and to partake
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As president of the BCIT Faculty & Staff Association (FSA) I am continually impressed by the depth of the talent amongst our membership. This will come as no surprise to anyone who has spent any time as a student, an employee, or a partner of BCIT. The walls of our Institute house some of the
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As the BCTF job action escalates, the BCIT Faculty & Staff Association (FSA) reiterates our support for K-12 public educators, parents, and students in British Columbia. As expressed in a previous statement, we encourage all FSA members to honour the strike and to not cross picket lines. We also ask members to remind their co-workers
Read more →We are thrilled to announce the winners of our first annual art contest! We truly appreciate all the members who submitted pieces and we hope more will submit next year.
Read more →On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, the BCIT FSA Board of Directors approved a motion to recognize and support picket lines established by the BC Teachers’ Federation in its on-going bargaining dispute with the provincial government. ALL FSA members are asked to honour the BCTF strike and to not cross their picket lines.
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As we enter into another round of collective bargaining, FSA members face many pressing needs. Our salaries are stagnant compared to those of the industries we support. The demands of our already heavy workloads continue to increase…
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