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Category: Education and Training
Francophone teachers won’t do extracurriculars if no deal by Friday
AEFO president Carol Jolin says the main sticking points in negotiations are administration of benefits, teacher autonomy and workload. ...
ETFO threatens to ramp up work-to-rule if government’s position doesn’t change
Education Minister Liz Sandals says proposal for ETFO is same framework as contracts for other teachers' unions but takes into account conditions for elementary teachers ...
Heard: U of Guelph professor named energy chair of Frontier Centre for Public Policy
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Seen: 21 new schools opening over next few months
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Seen: Two down, two to go in reaching deals with major teachers’ unions
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Province attempting to dispell misunderstandings about sex-ed
Some people 'clearly don’t understand what’s actually in the curriculum,' Education Minister Liz Sandals says; close to half of the students at a school in Premier Kathleen Wynne's riding were pulled out in protest. ...
Happening: High Skills Major program being expanded
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Seen: High school teachers in Moosonee get first ‘freely negotiated’ local deal
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Heard: Province launches Youth Job Connection program
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No link seen between teachers’ salaries, student performance
A study by David Johnson for the C.D. Howe Institute finds no clear relationship between province-wide test results and teacher compensation in six provinces. ...
OSAP changes mean students can take grants without loans
Other changes for the 2015-16 school year include students not having to report vehicles when they apply for financial aid and exempting the first $3,000 of students' assets from their financial assessment. ...
Heard: RFP released for Seneca expansion
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Happening: Ontario ombudsman oversight on school boards starts Tuesday
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Ryerson president to become training, colleges and university deputy minister
Sheldon Levy assumes the deputy minister position effective Dec. 1, in what's been called a 'significant recruitment coup' for the Ontario Public Service. ...
Happening: CUPE education workers plan job action
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Seen: OPSEU to take second shot at organizing part-time college support workers
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CTF: Taxpayers should be wary of new teachers’ contracts
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says Ontarians should be wary of new teacher contracts signed with public high school and English Catholic school teachers. ...
More support needed to help improve students’ literacy skills
According to the latest provincial testing scores, 48 per cent of students who don't meet the reading standard in Grade 6 pass the literacy test in Grade 10. ...
Seen: Province expands skills centre in Northern Ontario
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Tentative deal reached with Catholic teachers’ union
Two down, three to go - agreement is second in less than a week in province's education sector; Catholic teachers' work-to-rule campaign suspended during ratification period. ...
Heard: Native youth graduate from government funded employment program
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Deal reached for Ontario high school teachers
Premier Kathleen Wynne says each contract is negotiated separately, but getting the first tentative agreement at the central table is a 'very good thing' ...
Seen: Indian IT company signs energy research deal with Ryerson
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Heard: Catholic teachers launch radio ads ahead of new talks with province
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Seen: Province spends $30 million on U of Ottawa expansion
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Happening: ETFO to hold annual meeting next week ahead of new talks with province
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Happening: Province expands summer program for at-risk youth
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Sandals senses ‘a good feeling’ for labour peace in schools
The education minister says deals could be reached by the time school starts back up because there have already been some agreements reached in certain contracts with teachers' unions. ...
Catholic teachers back at the bargaining table this week
OECTA president Ann Hawkins said a deal could be reached by the time school starts depending on the tone of the negotiations. ...
Local deal reached for Durham high school teachers
The Durham District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation District 13 are implementing the interim award of an arbitration panel. ...
Advisory group recommends province take lead on community hubs
To make it easier for groups to plan for community hubs in surplus school space, the premier's advisory group wants to give school boards 180 days instead of 90 to sell off closed schools. ...
Heard: Former deputy minister David Lindsay new COU president
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Heard: Ottawa provides $30 million for university computer network
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Ontario medical students warn of fewer residency spots
In a joint statement with the Canadian Federation of Medical Students, the Ontario Medical Students Association says the government will cut funding for 50 residency positions by 2017. ...
Peel high-school teachers, board reach deal on local issues
The parties come to terms after three days of mediation, although major central bargaining issues have yet to be resolved ...
Happening: CUPE education workers file for conciliation
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Happening: CAA launches campaign on province’s new road safety rules
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Teachers’ dispute: Resumption of bargaining a possibility
Premier Kathleen Wynne called a private meeting on Friday with the unions and the school boards to stress the need to negotiate and said she came away pleased that 'no one said a deal was impossible.' ...
Seen: Ontario nurses want stand-alone college nursing programs
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Happening: Government ponying up $1.5 million for live theatre
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No byelection for Patrick Brown until after federal election
PC Leader Patrick Brown penned a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne calling on her to 'do the right thing' and call the byelection sooner ...
Seen: Ottawa helps Six Nations students with post-secondary skills training
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August will be make or break month for teacher bargaining
Education Minister Liz Sandals wants to use the month to reach deals; the government won't 'escalate problems' by bringing the house back early in a pre-emptive move against any possible September strikes. ...
Heard: Ottawa provides $7 million for George Brown food research
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Francophone teachers’ union to file for no-board report
The head of the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) says the union has not decided what strike action will be taken. ...
Seen: Small hospitals getting $7 million from province
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Heard: Province to review future of Kemptville college campus
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High-school teachers to ramp up strike action
Members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation will be withdrawing from extracurriculars starting July 20; school board official remains hopeful contract talks will resume. ...
Aboriginal issues kick things off at Council of the Federation
The premiers will start out in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to meet with leaders from National Aboriginal Organizations, before heading to St. John's to take on other issues, including the economy, health care, climate and en ...
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