Happy Diwali! October 20, 2025

This year, Diwali falls on Monday October 20th.
The five-day festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.

School Union Rep Training – October 20, 21, 22

The VSTA will be holding the Fall SURT sessions on October 20, 21 and 22. Training is open to 3 reps per site per day. Please click on the pdf brochure below for full details of the workshops offered and for the registration links. Registration deadline is October 15th.

PSA Day!

PSA Day!  The October PSA Day is a longstanding, Province-wide professional development day. It is also the day that the majority of PSAs have their conferences. There are 32 PSAs that offer professional development, support, and advocacy in a variety of...

BCTF Representative Assembly – November 7th – 8th

Click here to view the RA Motion Process…

Indoor Air Quality concerns

If your classroom temperature is impacting your ability to work, a report procedure should be followed. Please visit

Identity-Based Committee Sign-Ups

If you have not already registered, but would like to receive information about upcoming meetings for the 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, or Indigenous Educators Committees please click here…

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Ramadan Mubarak! رمضان مبارك

Ramadan Mubarak! رمضان مبارك

Happy Ramadan to our members who are celebrating this holy month of fasting in the Islamic calendar. Ramadan is a holy month of fasting, prayer and introspection for followers of Islam.

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International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day

MARCH 8 is International Women’s Day, a global day of recognition celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and girls, and raising awareness of the work left to be done. Read more for plenty of resources members can engage with in their schools and in the community.

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Day of Pink

Day of Pink

FEBRUARY 28 – DAY OF PINK IN BRITISH COLUMBIA “David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being...

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