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Changes to FGS Funding Formula – BC Government Announcement A Good First Step, But What’s Next?

June 15, 2018 webmaster

The Association welcomes an announcement made earlier this week by the BC government to invest $2.5 million into graduate scholarships at UVic. This comes as part of an overall funding boost of $12 million to students in graduate degree programs throughout the province. The new funding provides for the first merit-based provincial graduate scholarships in BC’s history. BC has been falling behind for years in terms of providing support for graduate training, and we hope this investment will go a…

Action on Copyright – Statutory Review of the Copyright Act

May 4, 2018 webmaster

CAUT is calling on its membership to participate in the upcoming hearings of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology as part of its statutory review of the Copyright Act. The Committee will be travelling May 7-11 to Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The Committee will make its final decision to invite witnesses this week, so it is important to get your request in today or tomorrow morning at the latest. Copyright law regulates an essential part…

Mil Rate Proposal 2018 Resolution Passes with 82.8% of Votes Cast!

April 25, 2018 webmaster

Dear Colleagues, Thank you to all of you who voted on this important resolution. The results are in: Yes = 444 Votes (82.8%) No = 92 Votes (17.2%) Total Votes = 536 of 816 Electors (65.7%) The Finance and Investment Committee, and the Executive Committee of the Association are heartened by this outcome and feel assured we have the support of the Membership as we enter 2019 contract negotiations. Next Steps We will discuss timing of the mil rate increase…