The Vanier College Teachers’ Association Holiday Message This will be our last News Bulletin for Fall 2021 and we would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge all the hard work that teachers put in this semester! While it was certainly
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News Bulletin #3 – 2021-2022, October 20, 2021
The Vanier College Teachers’ Association News Bulletin #3-2021/2022, October 20, 2021 Occupational Health and Safety Week – October 17 to 23 In education, OHS issues are not always as visible as in other settings, but they are no less important. We have
Continue readingNews Bulletin #2-2021/2022, September 24, 2021
Update on the Agreement in Principle On June 22nd, our FNEEQ bargaining, and mobilization committee reached an agreement in principle with the employer after an intense round of talks lasting several days. Some aspects of the written agreement had been
Continue readingNews Bulletin #1-2021/2022, August 31, 2021
Welcome Back! The VCTA Executive would like to welcome teachers back to Vanier for the 2021-22 academic year. We hope that you had a wonderful summer and that your semester is off to a great start. Other than requiring masks
Continue readingNews Bulletin #10-2020/2021, May 21, 2021
The Vanier College Teachers’ Association Eric at work on May 12, 2021. Photo: Hugo Casanova A farewell message from the outgoing VCTA President I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members of the VCTA for your support,
Continue readingNews Bulletin #9-2020/2021, April 20, 2021
Photo credit: Hugo. Support Staff Strike 2021-03-30 Our support staff at Vanier were on strike recently to demand progress in their negotiations with the CAQ government. On the sunny morning of Tuesday, 30 March, your VCTA Executive picketed with them
Continue readingNews Bulletin #8-2020/2021, March 5, 2020
45 cégeps, 45 actions campaign. On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, we were joined by our comrades from Cégep Saint-Laurent for a photo op in support of our negos. Noteworthy, we got some honks from cars driving by. Memories of actions past
Continue readingNews Bulletin #7-2020/2021, January 22, 2020
Taxes and Forms for Working from HomeAs mentioned in a previous bulletin, both federal and provincial governments have created simplified forms to claim expenses related to confinement in our tax returns this year. At the last meeting of CRT, the
Continue readingNews Bulletin #6-2020/2021, January 4, 2021
Happy New Year! We hope you have enjoyed a restful holiday so far. We encourage you to take advantage of the remaining few days before classes start to disconnect as much possible from the screens that have taken a lot
Continue readingNews Bulletin #5-2020/2021, November 27, 2020
Here is a mini-news bulletin covering timely topics. We hope you are all managing to prepare for the rush of the end of semester. We understand that you feel the weight of the extra work this semester, and we want
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