On November 2, 2023, FSA Board of Directors member Judy Shandler received the Institute’s Distinguished Award–formerly the Distinguished Alumni Award–for her immense contributions to the FSA and BCIT. Below we’ve reproduced Judy’s acceptance speech as well as Vice President Shannon Kelly’s introduction. SK It is my great honour to present the FSA Distinguished Alumni Award
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The FSA will hold an online meeting on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 22, 2023 to discuss the following matter with members. Please email Matt Greaves (matthew_greaves@bcit.ca) for an Outlook invitation. As outlined in the Vice President’s Report at the October 25, 2023 AGM, the FSA is closely following BCIT’s proposed changes to Policy 5401,
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At our October 25, 2023 Annual General Meeting, Member Engagement Officer Matt Greaves presented the newly completed 2022-23 Annual Report to members. Peruse the Report to see President Colin Jones discuss how our new contract makes working at BCIT more equitable; Matt detail the history and benefits of Article 14 Training; get labour relations updates
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Thanks to FSA Members on the Institute Placement Committee, along with the FSA Labour Relations team, an error restricting the initial placement of some Tech Staff has been redressed. Prior to the signing of the 2019-22 Collective Agreement, language existed limiting the initial placement of Tech Staff to certain barriers, which were removed in the
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UPDATED November 2, 2023 In June, the FSA announced that our Board of Directors would expand our members’ union training options by providing additional support to participate in courses and seminars organized by affiliates like Canadian Association of University Teachers and Canadian Labour Congress. We’re excited to provide you with update on this initiative. We
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The FSA is proud to announce that we have now officially established a new endowment to support the dependents of our members and retired members on their post-secondary academic journeys. The fund was born of a long-standing disappointment we’ve had at the bargaining table. The FSA has proposed tuition waivers for the dependents of members
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