Local Works Create Global Awareness
Members of the Halton ETFO local have helped develop a curriculum resource that teaches students about human rights in Afghanistan and here at home.
Equity
Celebrating Pride (Equity and Women's Services)
Many identify the Stonewall Riots as the beginning of political organization by the gay community in North America. In June 1969, the patrons of New York’s Stonewall Bar, several of them persons of colour, rose up to protest police harassment, arrests, and humiliation.
Part IV of It's Elementary: A Brief History of Ontario's Public Elementary Teachers and Their Federations
Although the 1960s and 1970s were the years of consciousness-raising, the rise of teacher militancy, and the beginnings of many social justice movements, it was during the 1980s that progress on equity issues was made in policy, legislation, union structure, and collective agreements.
The Grade 6 Heritage Project
As an anthropology graduate I have always enjoyed learning not only about other cultures but about my own as well. I was keenly interested in finding a way to pass that curiosity on to my own students in a way that engaged them in significant discussions about racism, tolerance, and identity.
Imagining Leadership: Working Together to Promote Inclusion
My experiences as a teacher from a minority culture pushed me to become an activist in my school. The result has been a change in our school culture and an improved learning environment for our students.
Confronting Racism in the Classroom
“Educators must begin to understand their students
Becoming an Ally (Equity and Women's Services)
For almost 30 years Anne Bishop has worked in the field of international development and has been part of groups struggling to achieve social justice.
Fighting for fairness for our members and their students (From the President)
ETFO Members are members of a profession that is unparalleled in its capacity to make a difference in our society.
Equity Programs are a Catalyst for Action
Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in the world, and our education system should be a model of how society should embrace our differences, so that every student feels comfortable, safe, and included at school and in the classroom.
Does Gender Matter?
Would Boys do Better in School if More of Their Teachers Were Men?