TARGETED JOB ACTION AT VIU
November 27, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 are continuing their efforts to finalize a renewed collective agreement. CUPE has informed VIU that they do not intend to take any further job action that would disrupt classes for students this week. However, they have notified the... Read more
NO DISRUPTION TO CLASSES AT VIU NEXT WEEK
November 23, 2012
***But CUPE says other forms of job action possible*** VIU RELEASE: 2012/143 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 23, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 are continuing their efforts to finalize a renewed collective agreement. CUPE has informed VIU that they do **not** intend to take any further job action that... Read more
CLASSES AND SERVICES RESUME THURSDAY AT VIU
November 21, 2012
***No further job action expected this week*** VIU RELEASE: 2012/141 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 has informed Vancouver Island University (VIU) that their members will return to work on **Thursday, November 22, 2012. Classes will go ahead and services will resume** as normal. At this time, VIU does... Read more
JOB ACTION CONTINUES WEDNESDAY AT VIU
November 20, 2012
***Classes cancelled tomorrow as CUPE 1858 continues job action; Classes and service to resume as normal on Thursday, Nov. 22*** VIU RELEASE: 2012/140 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Job action by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 will continue at all Vancouver Island University (VIU) campuses **tomorrow, Wednesday, November 21, 2012**.... Read more
JOB ACTION UPDATE FROM VIU CUPE
November 20, 2012
*1858 participating in two-day job action today and Wednesday with other locals at BC post-secondary institutions* VIU RELEASE: 2012/139 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Job action by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 is underway at all Vancouver Island University (VIU) campuses today. This job action is expected to continue **tomorrow,... Read more
JOB ACTION TOMORROW AT VIU
November 19, 2012
CUPE 1858 to participate in two-day job action along with other locals at BC post-secondary institutions VIU RELEASE: 2012/138 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 19, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Vancouver Island University (VIU) has just learned that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 will participate in a two-day labour action beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, November 20, and... Read more
CUPE 1858 SERVES JOB ACTION NOTICE
November 16, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 16, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Vancouver Island University (VIU) has received 72-hour notice from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 for a potential labour action which could begin as early as Tuesday, November 20. At this point, the date and timing of a walkout has not been confirmed. Job action is one step in the collective bargaining... Read more
VIU DEAN OF EDUCATION RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION
November 15, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 15, 2012 NANAIMO, BC - Vancouver Island University Dean of Education Dr. Harry Janzen received an Honorary Lifetime Membership to the Canadian Education Association (CEA) for his extensive work as an educator over the past 35 years. The award was presented to Janzen at the CEA’s Annual General Meeting in Toronto recently. “With his longstanding... Read more
VIU in the News: VIU Planting the Seeds of our Local Farming Future?
November 15, 2012
By Maeve Maguire - Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, November 14, 2012 Consider everything that goes on between getting food from the farm to the fork. The study of food systems is complicated. But it is something Jenny Horn — a PhD in Rural Studies and honorary research associate at Vancouver Island University — said more people are becoming knowledgeable and concerned about. Read more
Authors and Long-Time Friends Reunite for Book Launch
November 14, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Authors, long-time friends and former Vancouver Island University colleagues Marilyn Bowering and Kate Braid launch their newest books at the Nanaimo Museum Nov. 17 at 1 pm. Bowering teaches in the Creative Writing and Journalism department at Vancouver Island University while Braid retired from the department in 2008. Braid will... Read more