Ontario’s war on special education
Across Ontario, parents are watching specialized classrooms disappear. As supports shrink and staffing levels decrease, children with disabilities are being left behind. Students with disabilities…
Across Ontario, parents are watching specialized classrooms disappear. As supports shrink and staffing levels decrease, children with disabilities are being left behind. Students with disabilities…
For a long time, class sizes (the ratio of students to teachers) have been a key indicator of the state of public education. However, in…
On April 29, education workers across Ontario participated in a province-wide day of action. What began as an effort by one teachers union to wear…
Across Ontario, education workers are preparing for a province-wide Day of Action: a day to show that the people who make schools run every single day…
It is a familiar scene in Ontario staff rooms: a teacher stands at a photocopier that has been out of toner for days, holding a…
Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat: Student Migration and Canadian Universities by The Racialization of Asian International Students Collective (Fernwood Publishing, ships preorders in…
On March 16th, in an historic vote at the BC Teachers’ Federation’s (BCTF) 2026 Annual General Meeting, teachers from across British Columbia passed a motion…
Peel Education Workers United (PEWU), a coalition of the 12 unions that represent more than 23,000 education workers in the Peel District School Board (PDSB),…
Students at multiple universities in Nova Scotia have voted in favour of a province-wide student strike set to take place March 16 to 21. The…
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra named supervisors to run the Peel District School Board (PDSB) and the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) this past…
Ontario’s recent changes to OSAP are a major setback for students across Ontario. Under the new rules, only 25 percent of funding will come as…
On February 13, the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) bargaining team announced major victories on key contract demands. The strike by 6,000 public schoolteachers…

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