A survey on workplace violence will be sent out by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario to all members as the union continues to address a rise in aggressive behaviours in schools. It’s an issue...
The Ford government fell thousands of spaces short of its own target to provide core clinical services to children with autism by fall 2022, figures obtained by Global News show. The province set a target of signing up 8,000...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ontario’s teachers’ unions are warning the Ford government that they are ready to “mobilize” if the province imposes a contract on educators or uses the notwithstanding clause to settle any bargaining dispute. The four unions representing the province’s teachers are...
January is a time of resolutions for some and pre-budget submissions for others. For the 2023 budget, we’re hoping the Ford government will resolve to boost funding for public services and people by budgeting more...
TORONTO, ON – Below is a statement from Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) President Karen Brown following the release of People for Education’s Progress Report on Anti-Racism Policy Across Canada: “Racism remains a reprehensible, persistent...