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UNBC Faculty Association Gives 72 Hours’ Strike Notice to Employer
November 4, 2019
Image from UNBC Faculty Association website: http://unbcfa.ca/contact CUFA BC sent the following letter to UNBC Board of Governors on November 4, [...]
Statement of Solidarity with Nipissing University Faculty Association
October 16, 2019
Image Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/nipissing-promise-university-1.4587925 The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia (CUFA BC) stands in solidarity with Nipissing University [...]
Statement of Solidarity with UNBC Faculty Association
October 4, 2019
Image from UNBC Faculty Association website: http://unbcfa.ca/contact The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia (CUFA BC) stands in [...]
CUFA BC Joins Child Care Now in Call for Affordable Child Care for All Plan
July 31, 2019
Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Today CUFA BC President Dr. Jacqueline Holler wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to [...]
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 [...]
