Equity

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.

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.