Equity

Each year on March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD), we celebrate the ongoing struggle of women to achieve legal and economic equality and freedom from violence.

Social Justice Begins with Me (formerly We’re Erasing Prejudice for Good) is a new literature-based curriculum resource released at ETFO’s fall leadership conference.¹

The large majority of new members are women. (Just over 80 percent of all ETFO members are women.) This makes gender an ever-present dimension of union revitalization.

ETFO launches its bargaining campaign ETFO’s November 2011 collective bargaining conference brought together 300 local presidents, negotiators, and members of collective bargaining committees.

As a teacher federation, ETFO has a lot in common with other unions and teacher federations.

ETFO’s 11th annual …and still we rise conference once again demonstrated the federation’s leadership in educating members about issues facing women and children worldwide.

The concept of a Girls’ Leadership Conference sprang from a successfulthree-day Girls’ Leadership Retreat with 80 Grade 7 girls. These same girls and eight teachers who attended the retreat were also invited toattend the conference.

Every year, ETFO members contact us with questions and concerns about discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Understanding your rights will help you protect yourself.

During International Day Against Homophobia, I chose to read the picture book Molly’s Family to my kindergarten class to help them understand diversity in  families.  All  my students were  engaged  and  interested.  I  was  both excited and intrigued by their c

Canada is changing: we are rapidly becoming a more diverse country. Our population, our  students, our communities,  and our workforce  look much different than they did a mere two decades ago.  Canada is  touted as  the  land of  fairness, opportunity, and equality.