Voices

Last October the Grand Erie Elementary Teacher Local executive decided to restructure the organization. We met with staff from provincial office to discuss better ways of  including members in the local.

This fall, like every fall, a new group of three- and four-year-old  children across the province experienced their first day in elementary school. Some were excited, some were scared, and some were just curious. What was school going to be like?

To “progress” means to move for ward, and we like to think of technological progress as exactly that. Progress, however, sometimes leaves many people behind.

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

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.

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