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 interest
Canada is changing: we are rapidly becoming a more diverse country.
In 2006, as the social justice chair of my local, I attended the ETFO annual leadership conference. The two-day event ignited my interest in equity work.
Quick quiz – how long is your collective agreement? 25
You may have received a message similar to this via email, Facebook, Twitter, or even the newspaper.
I n September 2007, two grade 12 students from Central Kings Rural High School in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, heard about a male grade 9 student who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt on the first day of school.
Whenever I consider the lives of my three adult daughters, I cannot help but feel pride in the victories my generation has won while at the same time wondering at the many challenges women still face in achieving equity.
Advocacy and social justice work at theOntario Teachers’ Federation takes many forms. OTF has a long-standing interest in supporting teachers and students notonly across the province but also nationally and internationally.
Why are some teachers driven to question the way things are in their schools? Why do some refuse to tolerate injustice when they notice it?