Newer Teachers Workshop & Welcome – November 19th

VSTA is hosting a full day for newer teachers with 5 years or less experience to participate in workshops and become more familiar with the roles of the BCTF and VSTA. For additional information and the registration link…

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…

Latest News

Annual Women’s Memorial March – February 14th!

Annual Women’s Memorial March – February 14th!

The first women’s memorial march was held in 1992 in response to the murder of a woman on Powell Street in Vancouver. Out of this sense of hopelessness and anger came an annual march on Valentine’s Day to express compassion, community, and caring for all women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on unceded Coast Salish territories.

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Pacific Blue Cross Information Session!

Pacific Blue Cross Information Session!

Since our recently ratified contract brought improvements to the Provincial Extended Health Benefits plan, we will be holding two information sessions and finally a vote to decide whether to move permanently from our local Vancouver plan to the Provincial Plan. Click here for the first information session from the Pacific Blue Cross…

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VSTA General Meeting Report

VSTA General Meeting Report

The membership elected their delegation to the BCTF AGM. Thank you to all the candidates for putting their names forward and to all the members who attended the general meeting.

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