An overview of the media coverage of our May 11th to 13th strike.
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Letter of Support for the Wet’suet’en Nation
The Association Council of Vanier College Teachers’ Association, along with the intra-union organization of the Vanier College Sustainability Action Group, stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation. We recognize that Vanier College exists on the area known as Tio’ta:ke, which is unceded Indigenous territory of
Continue readingQuality Assurance Management, Cégeps and Vanier College
We are very pleased to be able to share with you the article prepared by Brian Aboud in his role on the VCTA Education and Society Committee, “Quality Assurance Management, Cégeps and Vanier College.” Quality Assurance has an interesting, important
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Contractual Obligations II: Continuing Education Hourly Pay Hourly paid continuing education teachers also have contractual obligations that they can find in the definition of an hourly paid teacher. (Article 1-2:11 and 1-2:12 of the Fneeq Collective Agreement). Essentially they are
Continue readingNew money injected into education in election year
http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/03/27/plus-de-600-millions-supplementaires-en-education_n_15634416.html
Continue readingLe gouvernement devrait cesser d’investir dans le Fonds des générations
L’IRIS met à jour ses données sur la dette du Québec Alors que le gouvernement du Québec s’apprête à déposer son budget, l’Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) publie une brochure qui montre, entre autres, que les investissements majeurs dans
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Workload Distribution in Departments Every year in March, the college predicts the number of students in each course and sends this to departmental coordinators. Departments can decide to change the courses given, but the amount of allocation is fixed unless the
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In our Collective Agreement (Article 8-4:01 -Type 1 activities ), there are a certain number of tasks that are considered “contractual obligations” that all teachers are expected to do, from tenured teachers with lots of seniority to brand new non-tenured teachers. The most important duty we
Continue readingHow to lose your job without trying: ATTENTION ALL NON-TENURED TEACHERS
All non-tenured teachers must put in a GOS (General Offer of Service) during the month of April for the following year. If you forget to do so, you must apply to each and every posting in your area during the next year, unless you have
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