Charting Our Course Together (From the President)
In August, just over 600 delegates gathered in Toronto at ETFO’s 2014 Annual Meeting to debate resolutions to guide our union and enhance the teaching profession.
Voices
Record Number of ETFO Members Run in Provincial Election
ETFO has a long tradition of encouraging members to be politically informed and engaged. In the recent provincial election, seven ETFO members made the ultimate political commitment of running as candidates.
From the President: Standing Together
One of the challenges writing for a magazine is recognizing that I have to focus on the distant horizon; I can’t necessarily address the issues that are important to me when I write.
From the General Secretary: ETFO – An Awesome Federation
By the end of June I will have completed my first school year as the ETFO general secretary. It has been an amazing year.
Girls gone missing in Nigeria and Canada: Chilling theme runs through both cases
A little over a month ago, the media began to report the kidnapping during the night of more than 200 girls from their school in Nigeria, where they had gathered to write their year-end exams. The culprits in this crime?
The Three P’s of Interviewing
These are challenging and competitive times for teachers who are trying to get onto an occasional teaching list, or interviewing for long-term occasional or permanent contracts.
The Importance of Equity (From the General Secretary)
In the context of the current political climate, finding ways to work across our differences is more important than ever. That is one of the messages labour leader, community activist, and educator Winnie Ng brought to our February Representative Council.
Unions and the Capacity to Make Social Change (From the President)
In January, Oxfam, a worldwide development organization that mobilizes the power of people against poverty, sent out a press release indicating that 85 of the world’s richest people are as wealthy as the poorest half of the world.
What is Quality Education?
In recent years, the question “What does quality education look like?” has prompted a number of markedly varying responses.