RSVP to the 2024 AAPS Annual General Meeting

On behalf of the AAPS Board of Directors, we are pleased to invite you to the AAPS Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm.

The meeting will be held on the Zoom webinar platform. We hope that you will join us.

We have also added the agenda, documents, and motions below in advance of the meeting. We recommend that you view this information prior to the AGM.

We want to draw special attention to a resolution that was submitted by members for consideration at this meeting. Under agenda item #5, we will be discussing a motion entitled “Motion for AAPS to advocate against and act to end UBC’s complicity in human rights violations.” This motion was submitted to AAPS in advance of the meeting under Article VII.4 of our Bylaws, which requires AAPS to add an item to a general meeting agenda if 10 members call for the item to be added.

By reviewing the agenda and documents in advance, you can better engage in meaningful discussions and contribute your thoughts during the meeting.

Information to Register

• Register for the 2024 AAPS AGM Zoom meeting by visiting this Zoom link
• Register to review a link to the meeting recording by visiting this website page
• Review the motions, agenda, and meeting documents and information by scrolling down

If you have accessibility requirements, questions, or technical concerns, please email us well in advance at aaps.engagement@ubc.ca.

Agenda for the AAPS 2024 Annual General Meeting

1. Welcome + Call to Order
2. Acceptance of the Agenda
3. Approval of the Minutes of October 27, 2023
4. Financial Report
   • Approval of the Audited Financial Statements
5. Motion Submitted by Members
   • Motion for AAPS to advocate against and act to end UBC’s complicity in human rights violations
6. 2025 Bargaining Consultations
7. BC Elections Questions Initiative
8. Advocacy Updates
9. 2024/2025 AAPS Board of Directors Election Results
10. New Office Space at Point Grey
11. AAPS Education Award Winners
12. Adjournment
13. General Q&A Session (not recorded)

Motions

Be it resolved to accept the agenda for the 2024 AAPS Annual General Meeting as presented.

Be it resolved to approve the minutes of the 2023 AAPS Annual General Meeting as distributed.

Be it resolved to accept the 2023/2024 AAPS Audited Financial Statements as distributed.

Be it resolved that AAPS advocate against and act to end UBC’s complicity in human rights violations.

1. Be it further resolved that AAPS immediately calls for an end to UBC’s financial and political complicity in human rights violations internationally, including in the ongoing bombardment of Palestine and Lebanon;
2. Be it further resolved that AAPS calls on UBC to immediately implement a Human Rights framework for investing funds including, but not limited to, those managed by UBC Investment Management, such as the Endowment Fund and Staff Pension Plan;
3. Be it further resolved that AAPS strike a committee, within two months’ time, to review assets and investments in the Staff Pension Plan for companies who profit from the siege on Gaza, the decades long apartheid against the Palestinian people, and weapons manufacturing; disclose these assets to all members within 90 days of the committee forming; and advocate for the immediate divestment from these companies;
4. Be it further resolved that AAPS cease doing business with suppliers named in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign within 90 days;
5. Be it further resolved that AAPS develop bargaining proposals to protect workers from being required to handle materials from companies or engage with partner institutions that are complicit in human rights violations, for the 2025 Collective Agreement negotiations;
6. Be it further resolved that AAPS always protect members from being disciplined or silenced for speaking out in support of human rights;
7. Be it further resolved that AAPS advocate to UBC leadership for protection of student, faculty, and non-AAPS staff advocates in support of Palestine and Lebanon, including, but not limited to, by calling for the elimination of police presence at related demonstrations and events, the elimination of policing and excessive surveillance of UBC community members, and prioritization of meaningful engagement with student, faculty, and staff demands; and
8. Be it further resolved that AAPS advocacy aligned with this resolution will include, but is not limited to, writing to the Board of Governors, Senate, and UBC administration and having an executive member speak in favor of any such motions or actions at public university meetings.  

Right to attend

A friendly reminder that, as a condition of your employment, it is your right to attend the full Annual General Meeting.