Twenty-five years have passed since Canada made a commitment to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. The commitment was aimed at Canada’s children, but we all stood to benefit. On November 24, 1989 all parties in the House of Commons unanimously passed this all-important resolution.
What do you do when you can’t find a resource to start important conversations in your classroom? You create one, of course. Peel teacher Greg Maxton (who writes under his married name, Kentris) had become increasingly frustrated with the persistent, intentional and casual homophobia that he saw in his middle school teaching environment.
As a founding member of Pride-HouseTO, ETFO shares the goal of ensuring that there is a place for everyone in sport – from playground to podium.
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.
Commenting on his experience in trying to engage his “high-energy and at-risk” grade 6 students, a young male teacher noted:
Bill 122 was introduced in the legislature on October 22, 2013 and will establish a formalized process for two-tier – central and local – bargaining for the education sector.
ETFO is committed to working toward a more just and equitable society, and has a particular commitment to supporting women’s participation and leadership in the union.
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.