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ETFO has been evolving since 1998, when its  two  predecessor  organizations joined to form one organization.

In the coming year the ETFO provincial office will undergo exciting changes designed to serve you better as we  add staff with expertise in a variety of areas.

ETFO exists to serve you – our members. We work to make a difference in the lives of  Ontario’s teachers, education workers, and students.

As I look back over the past year, what becomes apparent is ETFO’s vital role at the heart of so many of activities here at CTF. I want to express our heartfelt thanks for your contributions throughout the past school year.

The   Liberal  party  campaigned  on the platform  of  revitalizing  the  Ontario College of Teachers. Indeed, Liberal politicians seemed to  comprehend the teachers’ dilemma  – that  teachers  could  only  support and respect the College if it were truly a self-regulatory professional body.

A grade 5 teacher was leading his class in a study of the novel Island of the Blue Dolphins when they came across the word ‘faggot,’ meaning, in this case, a bundle of twigs.

Quelle journée occupée!

Eliminating violence against women has always been one strong focus of ETFO’s advocacy work.

Universal design (UD), sometimes called barrier-free design, is the notion that the built environment should be accessible to ever yone – young and old, shoe user and wheelchair user, lef t-and right-handed, immigrant and native-born, sick and healthy, well-rested and bone-tired.