Voices

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

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.

To hear some school administrators tell it, there is no more dangerous place on earth than the yard of their local school. It’s surprising that teachers are not given a suit of armor to wear – under the bright orange vest, mind you – while on duty.

On August 17, 2005, the delegates to the ETFO annual meeting elected their provincial executive for the 2005–2007 term and my life changed.