ETFO President David Mastin discusses the ‘deeply disturbing’ government bill which looks to give the education ministry more power to take over school boards.

The education minister said he’s tasked supervisors at the school boards under provincial control to ‘review the funding formula’ and examine whether ‘we are indeed spending enough money on special education’

Alberta teachers are back in class, but their union’s lawyers were in court Thursday, issuing two separate legal challenges to the province’s back-to-work order.

The Alberta Teachers’ Association leadership is considering legally challenge Bill 2, which forced teachers back to work and invoked the notwithstanding clause. As Travis McEwan reports, the outcomes may be limited, but law experts say...

Thousands of Alberta students, including many in Calgary, walked out of class Thursday morning to show support for teachers who were legislated back to work earlier this week under the province’s Back to School Act....

The Alberta Teachers’ Association says it will use every legal avenue it can to challenge the provincial government’s Back to School Act. Using procedural shortcuts, the Alberta government passed the bill early Tuesday, just hours...

The Alberta government used the notwithstanding clause to end the teachers’ strike, imposing a three-year contract. Jason Foster, a labour relations professor with Athabasca University, says the government’s move breaches charter rights and sets a...

Anger from teachers was known inside the legislature as soon as Bill 2, the back-to-work orders from the government, was introduced. “Shame, Ignorance, Tomfoolery, October 2027 can’t come soon enough,” were yelled inside the Legislature Chamber...

The Alberta government has ordered teachers back to work through legislation tabled late Monday afternoon. 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will table back-to-work legislation seeking to end the provincial teachers’ strike. Meanwhile, thousands of educators rallied outside the legislature demanding better support for education.