Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association

TRUFA Executive Supports Decolonization Indigenization Reconciliation Committee (DRIC) Statement http://trufa.ca/trufa-supports-dric-statement/

STATEMENT: Solidarity with the Secwépemc People http://trufa.ca/solidarity-with-thesecwepemc-people/

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Sign the Petition Extend Recall Rights To Teachers of I​​L​S​C VANCOUVER

Tell the banks – enough is enough | Canadian Labour Congress Enough is enough. The Bank of Canada has just reduced its lending rate to the big banks to a historically low level. The government and Canadians expected this to lead to debt relief for average people. Yet the banks refuse to pass these savings onto Canadian families. Join us and tell the big banks...

EVENT CANCELLED: Accommodation in the Academy: Working with Episodic Disabilities and Living In-Between
Professor Roxanne Mykitiuk (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)
Monday, March 23
1:00-2:30pm, OM 3732
all are welcome

Equal pay for equal work eludes contracted faculty members at most B.C. colleges, teaching universities, and institutes Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of B.C. president Terri Van Steinburg says that some contracted faculty members are paid 80 percent less than their salaried counterparts.

TRUFA Executive members are wearing Red for Ed in solidarity with the Kamloops Thompson Teachers Association and educators across Canada...
What is Red for Ed? The Kamloops Thompson Teachers Association (KTTA) is holding a Red for Ed event. It's super easy. All affiliates have to do is wear something red, and take a picture walking into work with your colleagues.
The event is in partnership with what all educators in Canada will be doing this Friday - a part of an event put on by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation. It is being done to raise awareness of the need to raise the per-student allocation. BC is currently $1800 behind the National average.

Statement regarding Situation in Wet’suwet’en Territory

TRUFA Statement regarding Situation in Wet’suwet’en Territory – TRUFA Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association

“Federal data show immigration officials rejected more than one-third of all study permit applications last year, up from one quarter five years ago, because visa officers increasingly don’t believe foreign nationals will return home after studying.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-canadas-broken-guest-worker-program-is-hurting-both-guest-and-host/

The June 2019 TRUFA Newsletter is now available on our website. Read it here: http://trufa.ca/category/jun-2019/