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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 [...]