Ontario’s teachers will likely be heading back to school without collective agreements in place as the major teachers’ unions say little progress has been made since their contracts expired last year. With bargaining dates scattered...

TORONTO, ON – The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has filed an unfair labour practice complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board against the government over its refusal to bargain in good faith. ETFO’s...

With five weeks left until schools reopen, there are signs that the Ford government is on a collision course with teacher’s unions which is setting the stage for labour disruptions. Global’s Queen’s Park Bureau Chief...

TORONTO, ON – The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), the unions representing more than 125,000 teachers and education workers in publicly funded schools across Ontario, have released...

School boards will soon be expected to do a lot more sharing — from exactly what teachers are learning on professional development days, to the number of students attending classes at least 90 per cent...

Doug Ford’s Conservative government is leaving children with no choice but to attend schools that are falling into worsening disrepair, a product of underfunding in Ontario’s public education system. The Ford government slashed $100 million from Ontario...

As negotiations for a new contract continue between the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) and the province, teachers are claiming that their concerns with classroom size and complexity are not being met. According to a news...

There will be no cheapness on the part of the Ford government when it comes to providing for customers visiting the private spa to be built at Ontario Place. On the other hand, the Ford...

She’s a bouncer in Hamilton’s Hess Village, yet she’s been “beat up” many times by students at her day job. Educational assistant Cynthia Thomas says she knows she’s in for a tough day when the school...

School’s out for summer, but Kimiko Shibata is already thinking about September. The Kitchener teacher is trying to get familiar with the new language curriculum that the Ontario government dropped three weeks ago just as teachers were...