Indigenous Storytelling and Environmental Connections
Teri-Lyn Flemming considers the value of integrating an environmental focus and the art of storytelling into curriculum areas from STEM to Social Studies.
Classroom
The Power of Representation
Chad Mills reflects on why public schools need more Black educators.
End EQAO
Tara Zwolinski on the problems inherent in the EQAO and its negative impacts on students and educators.
Supporting the Collaboration and Communication of the Kindergarten Educator Team
Leah Kearney discusses a valuable new ETFO resource for Kindergarten educator teams.
Addressing Poverty in Elementary Schools
ETFO podcast Elementary: A Podcast from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario addresses issues of importance for ETFO members. Many teachers and education workers are faced with issues of poverty in their classrooms.
Prioritizing Wages and Working Conditions
Emis Akbari and Kerry McCuaig caution that the Ontario government risks the goals of the entire child care agreement if it ignores the needs of early childhood educators.
Violence Against Women
Educators have experienced a sevenfold increase in violence since 2005. Elizabeth Mitchell writes about the connection to gender.
Embracing Our Students for Who They Are
The pandemic has had an impact on all our lives but especially on children and their education.
Surviving Hybrid
Patrice White reflects on the impossibility of the hybrid model and how everyone – students and staff included – suffers.
Technology and the Post Pandemic Era
When the 2019-2020 school year began, ETFO members braced for labour unrest that had not been seen since the Mike Harris days. Who could have predicted the events in early March 2020? Pivoting to a distance learning model was unchartered territory for educators.