A Victory for All Ontarians (From the President)
On Wednesday April 20, the Superior Court of Justice released an historic decision.
Leadership
Promoting Equity at Home and Internationally (From the General Secretary)
ETFO is committed to working toward a more just and equitable society.
Bargaining for Better Schools
I’d like to start by thanking you. It’s been a long and stressful 14 months of central bargaining for members.
Learn Like Astronauts
Nine-year-old Chris Hadfield was spending a typical summer at his family’s island cottage in southern Ontario when he observed an event that set his life’s direction.
Uncertainty and New Beginnings
On Friday, September 11, after just seven days of bargaining, the Ontario Public School Boards Association and government negotiators told the mediator facilitating our discussions they “were done” and wouldn’t negotiate further with ETFO. In effect, they walked away from the table.
Walking With Our Sisters
ETFO’s annual leadership conference for women, … and still we rise (ASWR), is known for providing inspiring ideas women educators can use to make a difference in their classrooms and communities.
Project Overseas
Project Overseas. These words hung in the back of my mind for almost a decade. At the Thanksgiving table in 2007, I explained to my family how PO, as it is affectionately called, sends Canadian teachers to work internationally to deliver in-service to untrained and undertrained teachers.
Monarch Magic
In July of 2007, my life changed forever – by attending a workshop. I remember reading the flyer. “Best workshop I’ve ever taken,” raved one teacher. Really? I wondered how they could spend three days talking about one thing – the monarch butterfly.
ETFO Leadership Programs for Women
Eighty-one per cent of ETFO’s members are women. As part of its ongoing commitment to equity, ETFO makes it a priority to encourage women’s leadership in the union. This commitment is reflected in an ever-growing number of leadership programs offered to women members.
Your Federation: Representative Council, May 13-14, 2015; The Pridehouse That Kids Built; Union School 2015; Building Better Schools: An Update
Representative Council May 13-14, 2015 The May Representative Council meeting opened with President Sam Hammond thanking local leaders for their input and feedback on Phase 1 of the work-to-rule strike action that began on May 11.