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Karen Littlewood is An Unyielding Force for Canadian Education
Few understand the ins and outs of the Ontario education system like Karen Littlewood. Littlewood entered her career with an honours Bachelor of Science in Language and a Bachelor of Education. She began teaching in 1991 and taught at the elementary and secondary level and also became a local and
Premier Ford is dead wrong in his approach to Education Workers.
The bully in the room in Ontario education. Ontario education workers are poorly paid. Many of them work two or even three jobs to make ends meet. They have the hard-earned right, like hundreds of thousands of other Canadians, to bargain and negotiate a decent salary for themselves. While it
Chris Borris of OSSTF says working as an EA is impractical financially.
Ontario has one of the best secondary and post-secondary school systems in the world. While teachers are well compensated and negotiate with the province annually over wages and benefits, the same cannot be said for all ‘education workers’ — the educational assistants, continuing education teachers, instructors, psychologists, secretaries, speech-language pathologists,
OSSTF’s Rachel Robillard says, “the student is at the epicentre of what we do everyday.”
Ontario has one of the best secondary and post-secondary school systems in the world. While teachers are well compensated and negotiate with the province annually over wages and benefits, the same cannot be said for all ‘education workers’ — the educational assistants, continuing education teachers, instructors, psychologists, secretaries, speech-language pathologists,
OSSTF President calls for Education support workers to be fairly compensated.
ABOVE: Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) President Karen Littlewood is calling for real investments in public education in Ontario. As hundreds of high school students were changing class and walking across the scenic grounds of Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa on a sunny Thursday morning, Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
In your corner: Academic Advisor Melanie Hotte on helping students handle university
Melanie Hotte enjoys helping people understand complicated systems—particularly, the often-difficult and rarely clear-cut world of university. Hotte is an academic advisor with St. Paul’s University, a small bilingual university in Ottawa. As the first face student see when looking for help, she finds solutions to problems and works to ensure
His students call him professor: Alp Oran on an unfair dichotomy between university educators.
All tomorrow’s innovators, doctors, and scientists start their higher education journey somewhere. For most, a large part of that beginning is in a undergraduate lab, learning the practical skills necessary to further their education. Who teaches these students these important skills? It varies from university to university, but often lab
Making a difference in special ed: Andrew Williams
Photo: iStock High school can be a difficult place for many students, but rarely is it harder than it is for students with disabilities. Support for students handling anything from learning disabilities to severe autism falls in the realm of special education—a position in which Andrew Williams, a special education
Education in Ontario: Where we are and where we need to go
Above: Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) President, Harvey Bischof Despite all the challenges the Ontario public education system has faced this year it is still regarded as one of the best in the world. According to data on student achievement from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, which
Education under attack
op-ed by Harvey Bischof Harvey Bischof is the President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Ontarians have a great deal to lose if the Ford government cannot be convinced to change its approach to education. Widely recognized as among the finest in the world, Ontario’s publicly funded education system
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