VSTA Executive Committee Meeting
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
4:00-7:00 PM – VSTA Office Room B
AGENDA
The VSTA acknowledges that we work and live on the unceded joint traditional territory of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
VSTA meetings are guided by the VSTA Sponsored Meeting Policy.
| Nigel Amenu-Tekaa in the Chair | |||
| 4:00 | 1. | Commitment to Solidarity | |
| 2. | Adoption of Agenda Motion: THAT the agenda be adopted as presented. Stanway/Janze |
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| 3. | Approval of Minutes from May 11th, 2023 | ||
| 4. | Decolonization Bighorn/ Motion #1: THAT the voting process at the VSTA AGM reflect First Nations governance protocols by showing the number of votes that each candidate receives during the election process. Rationale: “Decolonization, which sets out to change the order of the world is, obviously, a program of complete disorder. But it cannot come as a result of the magical practices, nor of a natural shock, nor of a friendly understanding. Decolonization, as we know, is a historical process: that is to say it cannot be understood, it cannot become intelligible nor clear to itself except in the exact measure that we can discern the movements which give it historical form and content…Let us admit it, the settler knows perfectly well that no phraseology can be a substitute for reality.” – Franz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, p. 36, 45 |
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| 5. | AGM Debrief | ||
| 6. | Provincial Extended Health Benefits improvements | ||
| 7. | VSB Land Asset Letter | ||
| 8. | Year-End Function for Members | ||
| 9. | Ad-Hoc Committees | ||
| a) | 2SLGBTQ+ – Ryan Peters | ||
| b) | BIPOC – Nigel Amenu-Tekaa | ||
| 10. | Standing Committees | ||
| a) | Indigenous Education – Jelana Bighorn | ||
| b) | Technology – Blair Miller | ||
| c) | TTOC – Christine McKinnon | ||
| d) | Working/Learning Conditions & Bargaining – Jesse Taylor | ||
| e) | Health & Safety – Michael-Don Borason | ||
| f) | Professional Development – Jonathan Wynn | ||
| g) | Social & Environmental Justice – Ryan Peters on behalf of Cynthia Ganatra | ||
| 11. | Unfinished Business | ||
| 12. | New Business | ||
| 5:30 | 13. | Adjournment | |
LINKS
Collective Agreement
BCPSEA-BCTF Provincial Collective Agreement
VSB-VTF Collective Agreement
At this time the only available version of the new 2019-22 Collective Agreement is from BCPSEA. VSTA is currently in the process of melding our local language with the provincial collective agreement. We will make the melded version available ASAP.
Post-Jackson Class Report Instructions
Governance
VSTA Constitution & By-Laws
VSTA Policies & Procedures
BCTF Code of Ethics
VSTA Structure (poster)
Meeting Resources
VSTA Meeting Schedule 2024-25
VSTA Sponsored Meetings Policy
Commitment to Solidarity
Quick Guide to Simplified Rules
Virtual Meeting Guidelines
Roles & Handbooks
VSTA Staff Rep Reference Manual
VSTA Staff Committee Handbook
Refusal of Unsafe Work
VTF/VSB Professional Development Handbook
Roles of the Executive Committee
Indigenous Education Resources
"Decolonization is not a metaphor" Article by Eve Tuck
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan 2022-27