July 15, 2022 Vancouver Community College Faculty Association 401-402 West Pender StreetVancouver, BC Mr. Don Wright, Thanks for the opportunity to provide input on behalf of the roughly 600 Faculty who work at Vancouver Community College. I am currently the president...

Thoughts on Cuts and the VCC identity and Developmental Students and the way forward Presented to the VCC Board of Governors, June 29 2022, on behalf of the VCCFA by Taryn Thomson, VCCFA President     College of Access When Kathy Kinloch became president at...

Pandemic to Endemic  We have made it to the other side of the pandemic, however not in the way we imagined. Remember when we all talked about vaccines as if they would cure Covid? Remember when we thought Covid was something that could be avoided? How naive it all...

Ukraine We are horrified about the events unfolding in Ukraine and send our thoughts and well wishes to all the faculty, staff and students worried about loved ones there. The VCCFA sent a donation of $1000 to the Red Cross for humanitarian aid, and we thank the...

Winter Term We are now solidly into the winter term and all things considered, the college has managed well. We are appreciative of the decision by the college to focus on learning continuity and to allow flexibility for both students and faculty. Although there is...

Fatigue, vaccines, hope and holidays Thinking back as I write this now, I am quite sure that in each letter I write I say something about what a “long, strange trip it’s been” this year. I know you are exhausted. I know you are worried about the variants of concern...