Back in March of this year, the Ministry of Education released a report outlining the provincial government’s plans to change Ontario’s public education system. A few things included in this report was the Ford government’s plans to change the sexual education curriculum, and a cellphone ban. In addition,...
Education Minister Lisa Thompson says education unions are being “irresponsible” for not coming to the bargaining table early. Apart from Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), no other unions have served notice to bargain. But the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association accused Thompson of playing games, saying there’s...
As told to Nicholas Mizera, Opinion/Blogs Editor, HuffPost Canada I was away on a field trip to the Mohawk Institute Residential School the day I was told that I wouldn't have a permanent spot teaching in the Peel District School Board due to cuts under Ontario's...
More than 100,000 students participated in a province-wide walkout on April 4, and on April 6, around 10,000 teachers, students and parents showed up to protest at Queen’s Park. They were all rallying against Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Lisa Thompson’s proposed cuts to education—especially an increase in class sizes...
The union representing Ontario’s public high school teachers has sent a formal notice to begin bargaining, a procedural move that kick-starts what is expected to be a tough round of negotiations. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) is the first education union to make the...
For her homework today, we assign Ontario Education Minister Lisa Thompson “For the Love of Learning,” the report of the 1993 Royal Commission on Education ordered up by then-premier Bob Rae to address the perceived crisis afflicting elementary and secondary schools in the province. The value of the...
Hundreds of GTA teachers received layoff notices this week, and are being warned they may lose their full-time status. Ontario’s Education Minister Lisa Thompson did not answer when asked repeatedly whether she considers the change a job loss. Read full article >...
Peel school board warns of teacher layoffs, April 17 Demoralizing and threatening teachers does nothing to enhance the educational experience of students in Ontario. Laying off teachers has a larger implication for future enrollments for faculties of education such as OISE and others in the province. Who...
Local colleges are crunching the numbers trying to figure out the changes to the post-secondary funding formula after the Ford Government tabled its 2019 budget on Thursday. "I think it's just good business and we're up for the challenge," said MaryLynn West-Moynes, the President of Georgian...
Educational support workers from the Peel District School Board and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, gathered outside Mississauga-Erin Mills MPP Sheref Sabawy's constituency office on Friday (April 12) to protest Premier Doug Ford's proposed cuts to public education in Ontario. Members of the Ontario Public Service...