ETFO LAUNCHES ALL-MEMBER SURVEY, FOCUS GROUPS TO ADDRESS RISE OF VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS

Toronto, ON – The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) will be launching an all-member survey this week to address the rise of violence and aggressive behaviours in elementary schools. The online survey will take...

SOME ONTARIO BOARDS PLAN TO KEEP VIRTUAL LEARNING EVEN IF PROVINCE DOESN’T REQUIRE IT

Several Ontario school boards are planning to continue offering virtual learning next year, forging ahead before provincial direction is set, and saying it’s now more about a different mode of learning rather than a pandemic...

‘IT WAS KIND OF SCARY’: HOW THIS 99-YEAR-OLD BLAZED A TRAIL FOR BLACK TEACHERS IN ONTARIO

Millie Burgess says she spent much of her career relishing telling strangers she had 20 children and watching their jaws drop. Burgess, 99, wasn’t their mother. She was an elementary school teacher who considered the children she taught each...

ETFO CALLS FOR ACTION TO ADDRESS GAPS THAT CONTINUE TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT BLACK CANADIANS

As we begin Black History Month 2023, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) reaffirms its solidarity with the United Nations in demanding the protection of human rights of people of African descent. Black History...

‘FRUSTRATINGLY SLOW:’ TEACHERS’ UNION WITHOUT A CONTRACT WEIGHS IN ON NEGOTIATIONS

Ontario’s four teachers’ unions have been without a contract since last August, and it appears they are nowhere closer to reaching a deal with the Ford government. Barb Dobrowolski, President of the Ontario English Catholic...