The following is a statement from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) responding to today’s provincial government announcement that includes revisions to Policy/Program Memorandum (PPM) 128 – The Provincial Code of Conduct and School...
The following is a statement from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) responding to the government’s announcement on education funding for 2024-2025: “While the Ford government has repeatedly claimed that they are committed to...
Action on Violence in Schools Presently, there are two pieces of federal legislation moving through the House of Commons (Bill C-273) and the Senate (Bill S-251) that repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which...
Ontario’s Catholic and French teachers have ratified contracts with the provincial government. The results of the votes, announced Wednesday, means all of the province’s teachers’ unions have now inked deals with the Ford government. Members of the...
TORONTO, ON – The Ford government has failed Ontario’s students once again by shamefully refusing to allocate new funding to adequately support a high-quality public education system. The following is a statement from the Elementary...
As Ontario’s public schools struggle with staffing, over a quarter of schools report being unable to fully staff teachers each day, while nearly half are dealing with daily shortages of educational assistants, according to a...
Ontario will have to pay out more than $6 billion to broader public sector workers after the provincial government’s wage restraint legislation was found to be unconstitutional, according to a report in the Canadian Press....
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) issued the following statement today in support of the decision by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation...
Amid strained contract negotiations between the Saskatchewan government and the province’s teachers, along with rotating strikes and other labour action since January, a phrase from education circles has surfaced among the general public: classroom complexity. It speaks to a...
Media outlets and educational commentators across Ontario have expressed concerns regarding the issue of a “teacher shortage.” Allegedly, this shortage is negatively impacting day-to-day work in Ontario public schools. However, when one considers the data,...
