More than 1,200 incidents of violence were reported at public schools in Algoma, according to a document presented at this week’s board meeting. But the Algoma Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) said incidents are...

Ontario schools can’t recruit or retain enough teachers thanks to a “mess” created by the Ford government, Ontario’s four teachers’ unions charge. Union leaders were responding to comments made Wednesday by Education Minister Stephen Lecce,...

Minister of Education Stephen Lecce and the Ford government have finally admitted that they have a teacher recruitment and retention problem. In an article published in the Toronto Star on February 21, the minister said...

The province is looking at “every option available” to help ease a shortage of teachers that has hit school boards across Ontario, says Education Minister Stephen Lecce. “We’ll have an announcement forthcoming,” Lecce told reporters...

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province has reached a deal with teachers in the French-language public system. “I am pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative central agreement with the Association...

In a victory for nurses, teachers and thousands of unionized public sector workers, Premier Doug Ford’s government is backing down on another major policy — his controversial wage restraint legislation. The sudden shift came Monday...

In a victory for nurses, teachers and thousands of unionized public sector workers, Ontario’s top court has upheld a ruling that Premier Doug Ford’s wage restraint legislation is unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal released a...

An arbitrator has awarded Ontario’s public school teachers a 2.75 per cent retroactive pay raise to make up for the last of three years of imposed wage caps that were deemed unconstitutional by the courts....

Teachers and the Saskatchewan government are scheduled to head back to the bargaining table next week, but they still appear to be a long way from agreeing to a new contract. Teachers in the province have been...

A second round of rotating teacher strikes has been announced by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) for Wednesday, Feb. 7. The move comes after two provincewide one-day strikes in January, and the first round of...