Ontario Education

• Ontario Catholic teachers one step closer to potential job action

  The union representing Catholic teachers is moving to conciliation in its ongoing talks with the Ford government over a new contract.

  Education

  Dec 1
  
• Ontario to mandate lessons on Holodomor Ukrainian famine in Grade 10 history course

  Grade 10 students in Ontario will get mandatory education on the Holodomor famine in Ukraine and its impact on the community in Canada as part of their Canadian history course.

  Education

  Nov 28
  
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• Ontario’s elementary teachers to get Bill 124 back pay in new contract deal

  Ontario's public school elementary teachers are set to receive years of backpay to make up for the Ford government's controversial Bill 124.

  Education

  Nov 23
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• Ontario teaching survey raises concerns about de-streaming rollout

  In a new report, the group People for Education found only 20 per cent of high school principals in the province feel they have the support they need to implement de-streaming.

  Education

  Nov 13
• Is a teachers strike looming? What Ontario government and unions say

  Two major teaching unions in Ontario have strike mandates, ratcheting up tensions in ongoing talks with the province. Both the unions and government say a strike isn't guaranteed.

  Education

  Oct 22
• Ontario English Catholic teachers vote to hand union strike mandate

  English Catholic teachers in Ontario are the second group in as many days to hand their union a strike mandate to use in ongoing talks with the Ford government.

  Education

  Oct 19
• Waterloo school boards score well as province releases EQAQ testing numbers

  The tests are conducted as a way of seeing how students across Ontario are meeting provincial curriculum expectations in reading, writing and math.

  Education

  Oct 12
• Ontario education workers represented by ETFO reach tentative contract deal

  The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario has reached a tentative contract agreement with the government for the education workers it represents.

  Education

  Sep 22
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• Play revisits fight to halt Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School closure

  The play "Give 'Em Hell" will share the story of the student activism to reverse the decision to close the downtown Peterborough high school. PCVS closed in 2012.

  Education

  Sep 13
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• Ontario education minister asks school board to halt library book removal process

  The move comes after critics say Peel school libraries have been removing books simply because they were published before 2008, based on board guidelines. 

  Education

  Sep 13