President Don Wright addresses BCIT faculty and staff

Neetu Garcha November 21, 2012

President Don Wright speaks to faculty and staff during a one-on-one briefing at BCIT’s Burnaby campus.

A meeting of participating union members at BCIT.

President Don Wright began a private meeting with BCIT faculty by giving a general address to all who were present, and then opened the floor for over two hours of questions and answers.

Faculty and staff members addressed issues such as the impact of strike action on students, the significant difference in wages for part-time versus full-time instructors, despite increasing workloads for both types of instructors, as well as who the ultimate decision maker is. and who to send a direct message to. This was in light of general opinion that Minister of Advanced Education, John Yap, does not seem to have much power.
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Neetu was born and raised in the Okanagan Valley (minus the few toddler years she spent living in Punjab, India where her line of heritage is from). She moved to the lower mainland to attend BCIT and is now in her graduating year of the Broadcast and Online Journalism Program. Her writing and editing for Link magazine often happens late at night because when she's not at school she works as a reporter and anchor for CKNW Newstalk 980 and is also involved in the start up of a charity called the Beautiful World Foundation. She loves to travel and feels fortunate to be in a field where she can share the stories of interesting and inspiring people from around the world.

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