Amid strained contract negotiations between the Saskatchewan government and the province’s teachers, along with rotating strikes and other labour action since January, a phrase from education circles has surfaced among the general public: classroom complexity. It speaks to a...

Media outlets and educational commentators across Ontario have expressed concerns regarding the issue of a “teacher shortage.” Allegedly, this shortage is negatively impacting day-to-day work in Ontario public schools. However, when one considers the data,...

Grand Erie District School Board is pleased to announce that it has reached agreements with two local ETFO labour unions, concluding all of Grand Erie’s educator union agreements. These agreements were ratified by the Board...

York Region District School Board has ratified a new four-year collective agreement with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Occasional Teachers, York Region, representing about 2,500 teachers at the board.

For Gurpreet Kaur Bains, two words describe the teacher shortage plaguing Canadian schools: “chaotic and stressful.” “We are always short teachers, and it’s a hard time filling out certain positions,” the learning support teacher told The Current’s Matt Galloway. “Personally,...