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Ontario’s world-class public education system is worth protecting. To do that, Ontarians must elect a provincial government that is willing to make the necessary investments to support it. Unfortunately, the Ford government demonstrated, again today through its budget, that they are not genuinely committed to strengthening public education in Ontario. To read the complete media […]

To celebrate the month, ETFO is proud to release a new poster. Japanese Canadian artist Emmie Tsumura offers 24 provocative images in the artwork to encourage conversations and reflections about the concepts of kindness, creativity, collectivity, peace, and non-violence. Nobel Peace Laureate Setsuko Thurlow, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, is featured in our 2022 poster […]

ETFO acknowledges and celebrates May as Jewish Heritage Month. Addressing Antisemitism and Holocaust Education: Annotated Bibliography of e-Resources is a resource that captures and highlights organizations with materials supporting schools, communities and workspaces on combatting antisemitism and addressing Holocaust education. To view this new resource for educators, click here. For more information, please contact Alice Te at ate@etfo.org.

Attached is a statement regarding the education plan in the NDP’s election platform. STATEMENT – ETFO applauds education plan in NDP’s election platform

ETFO has expressed concerns that lifting the mask mandate too soon may result in further disruption to in-person learning and negative impacts on the health and safety of ETFO members, students, and their families. We are now seeing significant disruption in schools due to the spread of COVID-19. For full details, please view the attached […]

Did you know Alberta’s Premier is investing nearly $75 million to support privately run Charter Schools?  As we have seen with the Ford Government’s Agenda, the threat of privatized education in Ontario is real.  We invite you to a private, ETFO and friends viewing of BACKPACK FULL OF CASH, a documentary outlining the effects privately run […]

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) commends child care advocates for the years of tireless activism that led to the signing of an historic agreement between the Governments of Ontario and Canada on affordable child care. ETFO Welcomes Historic Federal Investment in Affordable Child Care