More than 30,000 protesters, some from as far away as Dryden, packed the lawn at Queen’s Park April 6 in a massive show of solidarity in the face of the Ford government’s education cutbacks. The...
An estimated 100,000 students from more than 600 high schools walked out to protest the Ford government’s cuts to education on April 4. “We are showing them that students are informed, that students are angry,...
Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Lisa Thompson blamed educators and their unions for the student walkout April 4 in an exchange with NDP Education Critic Marit Stiles during question period in the legislature. Thompson...
ETFO members, along with members and supporters from OSSTF, OECTA, CUPE, AEFO, the Ontario Federation of Labour and other unions, will gather at Queen’s Park in Toronto this Saturday to send a message to the...
School boards from Peel Region, Toronto and Hastings and Prince Edward have warned the Ford government’s education minister that increasing class sizes will affect student learning and safety. The Boards say the cutbacks mean schools...
Students at some 600 high schools across the province are set to walk out today (April 4), according to a report from CBC News. The walkouts are a protest against the cutbacks to education announced...
Can a physical education or drama teacher be fired for not knowing enough about math? A report in The Globe and Mail says the Ford government is considering compulsory annual math testing for all teachers...
The following is a joint statement issued April 3 by ETFO, AEFO, CUPE, OECTA and OSSTF. Teachers and education workers in Ontario have formed a common front to defend a strong publicly funded education system...
If you haven’t yet been asked to sign a pledge card to support the fight for quality public education, you soon will be. Signing the cards and talking to members is what the ETFO Member...
