Part-time faculty files Labour Board complaint against Dalhousie

Robert DeVet — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:30:33 +0000

(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - The union that represents part-time university instructors and teaching assistants at Dalhousie University has filed a Bargaining in Bad Faith complaint against its employer.

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Education...for Some?

bsichel — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:36:19 +0000

Teaching assistants concerned that cuts to education are leaving students with learning disabilities behind

“Before I started school, I literally could not speak,” says Kyle Hunter.

“My diagnosis before I started school was Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD), ” says the teaching assistant (TA) with the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board (CBVRSB). But despite his struggles early on, Hunter succeeded in school, and has held his current job for three years.

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