VCTA member on FNEEQ Comité Environnement We are pleased to announce that Katherine Collin (English) was elected to the Comité Environnement at the FNEEQ Conseil Fédéral in December 2019. She will join new member Nicolas Talbot from Cégep Saint-Laurent on
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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 readingNews Bulletin #5-2019/2020, January 24, 2020
Happy New Year! Your VCTA Executive – Eric, Estelle, Jacques and Hugo – welcomes you back. We wish you a pleasant and fruitful semester. Be sure to check our updated office hours on the website as we need to adapt
Continue readingNews Bulletin #4-2019/2020, December 11, 2019
Employment Insurance If you do not have work at the end of your teaching contract, for example in the Winter, you can apply for employment insurance benefits. For college teachers, regular benefits rules apply. Even if you are not sure
Continue readingNews Bulletin #3-2019/2020, November 8, 2019
Vanier Community Sponsored Refugee Family: A Sad Update Last year, we introduced you to Ruba and Elias, 6-year-old Carla and 6-month-old Crystel. After a wait of over two years, they finally arrived in Montreal June 19, 2018. The entire family
Continue readingNews Bulletin #2-2019/2020, October 18, 2019
PD Expense Report Deadline: 31 October October 31st is the deadline to submit your expense report for professional development activities that happened last year, 2018–2019. Any report received after this date will not be reimbursed. Insurance Update for 2020 The
Continue readingNews Bulletin #1-2019/2020, September 4, 2019
Welcome back! The VCTA Executive would like to wish all teachers an enjoyable and satisfying 2019-2020 academic year. We hope that your semester is off to a good start. As we prepare to negotiate our new collective agreement next year, we
Continue readingNews Bulletin #12, May 10, 2019
Academic Freedom The VCTA Executive added its voice to hundreds of others by sending a letter asking administrations of CEGEPs and universities in Quebec to respect academic freedom. The campaign was initiated by Louis-Philippe Lampron, a professor of law at
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News Bulletin #11, April 11, 2019
General Offer of Service (GOS) Non-tenured teachers MUST submit a GOS within the month of April, if you would like to maintain your hiring seniority. Please find the GOS form attached. Do not get caught out by the end of
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News Bulletin #10, April 5, 2019
Sunday: Demonstration for religious freedom and against Bill 21 This Sunday at 12:30 pm there will be a demonstration against Bill 21. FNEEQ has just recently taken a position supporting the right of public employees to wear religious symbols. We
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