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For Immediate Release – November 21, 2025  TORONTO, ON – The following is a statement from the Elementary Teachers’  Federation of Ontario (ETFO) President David Mastin in response to Education Minister  Paul Calandra withholding Education Quality & Accountability Office (EQAO) results,  which are typically released at the end of September:  “The Minister’s decision to delayContinue reading “ETFO responds to education minister withholding EQAO  results”

TORONTO, ON — L’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), Elementary  Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario  School Board Council of Unions (CUPE-OSBCU), and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation  (OSSTF/FEESO) have issued the following joint statement on the expected passage of Bill 33, the Supporting  Children and StudentsContinue reading “Ontario’s Education Unions Warn Against Passage of Bill 33”

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 21, 2025  TORONTO, ON — As the provincial legislature returns, l’Association des enseignantes et des  enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario  English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario School Board Council of Unions (CUPE OSBCU), and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) have issued the following  jointContinue reading “Ontario’s Education Unions United Against Bill 33”

For Immediate Release – October 20, 2025  TORONTO, ON – The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) will call out the Ford government’s latest attack on public education at Queen’s Park on October 21. Bill 33, combined with years of chronic underfunding, will deepen systemic inequities, erase parent and community voices, and erode the foundationContinue reading “ETFO holds press conference to sound alarm on  Bill 33, government overreach “

For Immediate Release – October 6, 2025  TORONTO, ON – A new province-wide poll commissioned by the Elementary Teachers’  Federation of Ontario (ETFO) shows that twice as many Ontarians want to keep elected school board trustees (49 per cent) as want to eliminate elected trustees (24 per cent). Support for elected trustees climbs to 59Continue reading “Ontarians reject Ford government overreach: majority  support elected trustees “