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On a grey January morning, parked outside a high school in York Region, there is a large bright blue bus with the words “Tour for Humanity.” The mood inside is just as sombre as the weather outside. A group of Grade 7 students is listening quietly as an educator asks, …
Read More »Queen’s University faculty union votes in favour of strike – Kingston
There may be a disruption to classes at Queen’s University in the new year if contract talks between the university and its faculty remain at a standstill. Wednesday the Queen’s University Faculty Association, which represents professors at the school, voted 82 per cent in favour of a strike should negotiation …
Read More »School bus cancellations in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday, Dec 15, 2022
Here is a list of school bus cancellations and the status of schools in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday, Dec 15, 2022. Toronto District School Board: Buses are running. Schools are open. Toronto Catholic District School Board: Buses are running. Schools are open. Peel District School Board: Buses are …
Read More »Dealing with ‘erasure’: The role of Indigenous knowledge in drawing maps of Canada
It’s early spring on the South Coast of B.C. – not exactly swimming weather. But some “citizen scientists” are taking the plunge: snorkeling in the frigid waters of Howe Sound, or Átl’ḵa7tsem (pronounced ‘Atkatsim’ in the Squamish language). They’re looking for a minuscule but all-important fish – herring. The presence …
Read More »Ontario government reaches tentative deal with Ontario Council of Educational Workers
TORONTO — The Ontario government has reached a tentative deal with school staff represented by the Ontario Council of Educational Workers. OCEW issued a statement saying the deal was reached after multiple days of negotiations between the bargaining council, the Council of Trustees’ Association and the province. It says the …
Read More »Education workers vote on tentative agreement to be announced Monday
A decision by unionized education workers over the contract offer from the provincial government will be announced at 10 a.m. on Monday. If the deal is accepted by members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) it will mark the end of a controversial struggle that started boiling over …
Read More »CUPE to announce results of education workers’ ratification vote on tentative deal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 5, 2022 6:30 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO _ The union representing roughly 55,000 Ontario education workers will announce today the results of a ratification vote on a tentative deal it struck with the province. The Canadian Union …
Read More »Ontario presenting ‘improved offer’ to education workers as bargaining resumes: Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will present an “improved offer” when bargaining resumes with a union representing 55,000 education workers, who are back on the job after a walkout that closed schools across the province. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, Ford declined to provide any specific details about …
Read More »55,000 Ontario education workers walk off the job as indefinite strike begins
Ontario education workers hit the picket lines Friday morning in the first day of an indefinite strike as the education minister takes them to the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) were picketing at politicians’ offices, including hundreds outside the education minister’s …
Read More »Ontario legislature debates education back-to-work legislation in early session
Members of Ontario’s legislature are up early today, debating a bill that would impose a contract on education workers and ban them from striking. The Progressive Conservative government ordered the legislature back at 5 a.m. in order to speed up passage of Bill 28, the Keeping Students in Class Act. In …
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