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  • CUFA BC Joins BCFS in Call for Elimination of Interest on Federal Student Loans

    May 13, 2019

    Today CUFA BC President Jacqueline Holler wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to call on his administration to eliminate interest [...]

  • Write your MLA: Fairness for Contract Academic Staff

    February 21, 2019

    Whether known as sessionals, contract academic staff (CAS), or part-time instructors, the number of academic staff working on temporary short-term [...]

  • University Faculty Respond to 2019 BC Budget

    February 21, 2019

    Victoria, February 20, 2019 – BC Finance Minister Hon. Carole James tabled the 2019/20 Budget in the legislature yesterday. This [...]

  • CUFA BC Appoints Annabree Fairweather as new Executive Director

    February 9, 2019

    After a national search process, the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia is pleased to welcome Ms. Fairweather [...]

  • CUFA BC Applauds New Graduate Scholarship Program and Research Funding

    May 17, 2018

    VANCOUVER, May 16 - Today Premier John Horgan announced historic new funding for a graduate scholarship program. The announcement, made [...]

  • CUFA BC Calls on UNBC Board to Act on Labour Relations Crisis

    April 30, 2018

    VANCOUVER, April 27 - The University of Northern British Columbia Faculty Association (UNBC FA) released a letter today to the [...]

  • University Faculty Respond To BC Budget

    February 21, 2018

    Victoria: February 20, 2018 — BC Finance Minister Carole James tabled the 2018/19 Budget in the legislature today. The first [...]

  • Nominations Open for 2018 Annual Distinguished Academics Awards

    November 8, 2017

    For over 20 years CUFA BC has celebrated exceptional faculty members who have contributed to communities beyond the academe through [...]

  • University Faculty Respond to BC Fiscal Update

    September 11, 2017

    Victoria, September 11, 2017 -- BC Finance Minister Hon. Carole James provided a fiscal update on the 2017/18 Budget tabled [...]