The Ford government’s plan to reduce teaching positions in Ontario will have widespread effects on the education system, the provincial teachers union says. According to the four-year plan, by 2022, Ontario’s education system will have…
A provincial memo obtained by CBC Toronto lays out the Ford government’s plans to cut thousands of full-time teaching positions in Ontario beginning this fall. In the 2019-2020 school year, the memo says, there will…
TORONTO – Throngs of demonstrators covered the lawn in front of the Ontario legislature Saturday afternoon to protest the Progressive Conservative government’s changes to the provinces education system. Many in the crowd carried signs declaring…
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Hundreds of high school students in Windsor-Essex are expected to take part in a province-wide protest against education changes in Ontario. The hour-long rally will take place 1:15 p.m. Thursday and events are planned at…
A local union fears changes to education funding could end up costing 200 high-school teachers their jobs over the next four years. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), District 17, representing educators in Simcoe…
WATERLOO REGION — Five Catholic high schools expect to trim 24 projected high school teachers in September as classes grow bigger by provincial decree. The proposal includes not replacing 15 retiring teachers, and cancelling the…
Parents and persons with no more than a high school diploma are increasing filling in for absent teachers. A CityNews investigation revealed earlier this week that the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board relied on people…
Students across Ontario are set to walk out of public schools Thursday afternoon to protest cuts to education. The protest comes after Education Minister Lisa Thompson announced a slew of changes to her ministry’s portfolio,…
More than 135 local teachers could lose their jobs under the province’s plan to increase secondary school class sizes. Larger class sizes and mandatory online courses for high school students are among the many education…