How strikes made the elementary teachers’ union
Class Action: How Ontario’s Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force by Andy Hanson (Between the Lines, 2021) Andy Hanson’s Class Action is an accessible and…
Class Action: How Ontario’s Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force by Andy Hanson (Between the Lines, 2021) Andy Hanson’s Class Action is an accessible and…
Of the numerous misconceptions about unions, one of the most prominent and problematic is what’s known as the ‘third party fallacy’. According to this fallacy,…
The Ontario government’s handling of the education system during the pandemic has been roundly critized by parents, educators and students for failing to adequately fund…
A radical theory of educational reform is meaningful only if it is attached to the social relations of production. Under the present conditions schools can do little to improve society in general. However, they can become relevant if they are involved in the forces of decolonization.
In a press conference on Thursday, April 8, Professor Aimé Avolonto, Associate Professor in the Department of French Studies at Glendon College, York University, put…
As the country begins to recover from a devastating pandemic, companies have used the chaos to attack unionized workers’ rights. By allowing the recall periods…
In January 2020, four of Ontario’s major teachers and education workers unions took job action against Ford’s government’s cuts to public education. The strikes gained…
After years of continued budget cuts and neoliberal austerity in the education system being met with strikes from teachers and students alike — we are…
You are a teacher, and a student in your already crowded class starts coughing at their desk so loudly that it’s causing a disruption. What…
The Ontario government seems intent on pushing ahead with its plan for a full-blown return to school in September. The government’s plan does not provide…
The Ontario government revealed its plan for reopening schools on July 30. The plan promises school boards an extra $309 million in targeted funding and…
On July 29, the BCNDP government announced its plan for re-starting schools in September. This announcement goes against the current Covid-19 safety measures that the…