As Canada continues to face a teacher shortage, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says the issue is a “global phenomenon” and more action must be taken if its goal of primary and...

Elementary and high school teachers across Canada are reporting a rise in student violence against instructors. A number of surveys representing teachers in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia have all indicated a spike in violent...

Even as Canada’s teacher shortage continues to impact schools across the country, educators and those that represent them say one of the factors causing departures from the profession is the abuse or violence some face in classrooms. The numbers vary from province...

Ontario’s English public high school teachers have approved a proposal to use binding arbitration, if needed, to reach a new contract with the government. That means there will be no strikes or lockouts because any...

The province has come to a tentative central agreement with Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) education workers, according to statements from the government and the union Friday afternoon. A news release from the union...

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has reached a tentative central agreement for its 3,500 education worker members with the Council of Trustees’ Associations and the Ontario government. “After a prolonged and difficult bargaining...

As Unifor bargains towards a midnight strike deadline for Canadian autoworkers, hundreds of their American counterparts spend a fourth day on picket lines. This, as Ontario elementary school teachers begin weeks of phased strike votes,...

Ontario’s elementary teachers will have a month to cast their ballots in a strike vote that began Monday and will continue until Oct. 17. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is hoping for a...

Monday marked the start of strike votes for Ontario’s public elementary school teachers, with their union and others frustrated with the slow pace of more than a year of bargaining for a new contract. The...

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says three-quarters of its members report having experienced or witnessed violence against other educators.