VICTORIA – Today post-secondary unions from across Vancouver Island sent the following letter to Premier Eby and Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Selena Robinson. April 26, 2023 Dear Premier Eby and Minister Robinson, The undersigned post-secondary unions from Vancouver Island believe it is necessary to provide the following suggestions in hopes that the provincial government will act quickly to address the budgetary cuts and layoffs happening at many post-secondary institutions. These budget cuts and layoffs are, first and…

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Dear Colleagues, I hope all is well with you. I have an unusually short email update this time 🙂 The Association has received some questions about the campus vaccination numbers that were shared last week, and I wanted to give you a reassuring update we have received about these numbers.  The university has told us that 95.6​% of students declaring and 97.3% of employees declaring have indicated they are fully vaccinated. Another 3% of students and 1.1​% of employees are partially vaccinated.  The university has done further investigation into the…

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Dear Colleagues, I’m sure most of you have seen President Hall’s statement early this evening about the fact that an agreement was reached “with the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) and our partners at BC’s research universities to implement a program of rapid testing and vaccine status self-declaration for the fall.” https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/notices/2021+notice-president-statement-covid-testing+notice?fbclid=IwAR0Eirvag2FpPr5bgDI9Qb40grVtzSFIxD37n5y4-8eRtik52pp7CGy5E3E As you are aware, the Faculty Association has been advocating for some time for a program that requires either vaccination or the alternative…

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