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CUFA BC represents more than 5,500 faculty members, including professors, academic librarians, lecturers, instructors, and sessionals at five research and doctoral universities in British Columbia: University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, University of Northern British Columbia, and Royal Roads University. Our mandate is to act as the unified voice of our members on a variety of issues affecting post-secondary education in BC. We promote the value of high-quality post-secondary education; academic freedom; university governance; academic labour relations; and research and teaching to the provincial government and wider public. We produce timely research on a variety of subjects, including university governance, government policies, trends in funding and developments at research universities, and policy analyses.

We respectfully acknowledge our office is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ı́lwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and Stó:lō Nations.

 

 

Research
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CUFA BC provides informed commentary and timely research on issues ranging from labour relations to provincial funding for post-secondary education.

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Weekly
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CUFA BC curates a weekly roundup of news in BC’s post-secondary sector

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Distinguished
Academics Awards

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Latest News

SUPPORT PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN BC

  Our office is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ı́lwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and…

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Faculty Welcome Commitment for International Students in BC, But Where’s the Strategy?

(For Immediate Release – Port Moody, BC, March 6, 2024) – The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia…

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CUFA BC Signs Onto BC Federation of Students’ Open Letter & 5 Calls to Action

March 5, 2024   The Honourable David Eby, MLA Premier of British Columbia Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC     V8V 1X4…

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