Social Justice Begins with Me (Equity and Women's Services)
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
Voices
Visions: Developing New ETFO Leaders (Equity And Women's Services)
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.
Put the Acts into Action (Professional Relations Services)
Workplace violence is a major hazard in our schools. It gets in the way of teaching, learning, and well-being; dealing with it is stressful and traumatic.
Reaching Out and Listening: Understanding What is Happening in the Early Learning Kindergarten Program (Professional Services)
Professional Services staff always try to keep a finger on the pulse of our membership. What do our members need in the area of professional learning?
The Little Book Clubs that Could
As the professional learning chair for the Kawartha Pine Ridge Occasional Teacher Local, I am always trying to find new opportunities for our members. The online book club is one of these: last year we had three online book clubs and we will do more this year.
2012 Collective Bargaining Goals Approved (Collective Bargaining)
ETFO collective agreements expire next August. Preparations for the next round of bargaining are now underway. In 2004 and 2008 bargaining took place at both the provincial and local levels.
Equity and Inclusion: ETFO Making a Difference (From the General Secretary)
As a teacher federation, ETFO has a lot in common with other unions and teacher federations.
Bargaining New Collective Agreements (From the President)
For ETFO the October provincial election was a success story: we worked hard to ensure the election of a majority of education-friendly candidates and that goal was accomplished with the election of 53 Liberals and 17 New Democrats.
I Say Goodbye (again). You Say Hello.
In the June 2011 issue of Voice I said goodbye, anticipating that it would be the last issue I would be editing. Things were not so straightforward: I found myself continuing on for a few months more than I had anticipated. But now it is truly time for my last goodbye.