question each candidate on education
Education Day, Sept 20, is our chance to get to know our candidates in advance of October 6th Ontario’s election day. On Tuesday Sept 20th local candidates from all provincial parties will be questioned on the issues […]
School schedules 2010-11
photo-credit With summer slipping away like Toronto’s Sugar beach sand thru our fingers… here are the schedules for this 2010-2011 school year: TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (see below for TCDSB) September 1 Professional Activity Day September 2 Start of school year September 6 Labour Day October 11 Thanksgiving Day November 19 Elementary P/D Day […]
Key forum documented online!
TDSB’s “Office of Gender Violence” joined students, teachers and community members on April 13th for an inspiring forum and panel Publicly Funded Schools – an Educational Forum can now be watched online at http://www.xtra.ca/ Co-sponsored by Ontario Elementary Teachers and Queer Ontario this National Anti-bullying Day of Pink was a much-anticipated and overdue event. Forum drew over 200 […]
202 day countdown to Ontario election
In advance of the October 2011 provincial election, there are several organizations that are releasing video clips that speak for educationers and the students they serve. Here are three: A statement from ETFO re standardized testing (EQAO) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3VqK4i4fFg A statement by Catholic teachers, OECTA …. http://www.youtube.com/user/OECTASpeaks Working Families has started a television commercial campaign …..http://www.workingfamilies.ca Let us […]