Voices

For many decades there has been a funding gap in Ontario’s education system.

As we go to press the provincial election has just concluded. The outcome is good news for public education.

Re: “The Pervasive Threat of Declining Student Enrolment,” June 07

In the spring, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan published its report to members. Highlights of the report included:

Occasional teachers should be aware of a number of  rules  under  the  Ontario  Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) that affect them differently from how other teachers are affected.

The Canadian Teachers’ Federation provides a vast array of programs, services, and resources to educators in Canada and around the world.

Members who self-identify as living and working with a disability – whether it is visible or nonvisible – are becoming more active in ETFO, and it is therefore important that our organization continues to raise awareness about issues of accessibility and inclusion. One way in which we are do

Members of the Halton ETFO local have helped develop a curriculum resource that teaches students about  human rights in Afghanistan and here at home.

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.