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,...

Four teacher unions, four collective agreements reached. No job action. But with no love lost between the unions and the Ford government, the question is how they were able to reach deals and avoid any...

The Ford government has reached a tentative agreement with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA). The union that represents 45,000 teachers said the agreement was made after more than 20 months of negotiations and...

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,...