Your Member News
June 1, 2022
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Over the past four years, Doug Ford has shown us that he and the Conservatives don’t care about children or public education.
If you want to do one thing this week to support students and their future, be sure you vote for a party that will invest in our schools.
Emma, an Occasional Teacher from Kawartha Pine Ridge, shared why Ford needs to go if we want to defend public education and health care. Listen to her message, and please share.
Polls are open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 2.
To find your voter information, including who is running in your riding and where you can vote, click on the button below.
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Donating to Disaster Relief
Currently, there are over 23 million people facing famine-like conditions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia — where the combined population is roughly the same as Ontario and Quebec. In response to this catastrophe, a $25,000 donation was approved at the May Provincial Executive Meeting to Oxfam Canada for the escalating hunger crisis in East Africa. Donations are directed specifically to meet growing needs in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and South Sudan.
The Executive also approved a donation matching program to fund any ETFO local donations to Oxfam Canada up to a maximum of $25,000 to assist with this disaster relief.
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Compare the Platforms
To help you make an informed choice as you cast your vote, we put together this handy document that outlines where the political parties stand on a few crucial education issues.
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Professional Learning Events
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Registration for Summer Academy is open. Each course runs throughout July and August for three consecutive days and will be held in person at locations across Ontario.
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We are looking for teachers and occasional teachers to contribute bi-weekly to our Heart and Art Blog until June 2023.
The Heart and Art of Teaching and Learning website supports new teachers as they progress through the school year. Posts touch on relevant issues in teaching and learning. Those applying should demonstrate a commitment to equity, have a passion for sharing their effective teaching practice, and strong writing skills. Apply today!
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Starling Minds – Mental Health Resource
The Starling Mental Fitness Program is a support resource available to all ETFO members and their families through a partnership with Starling Minds and OTIP.
The program offers self-guided, unlimited, and personalized digital support and training to help you build the knowledge, tools and skills you need to manage stress, anxiety and burnout better.
Along with the self-guided program, you can join live mental fitness training, conducted in weekly 30-minute drop-in sessions hosted by Dr. Andrew Miki, a renowned CBT psychologist, to help you prioritize your mental health.
You must create an account at Starling Minds to access the Live Mental Fitness Training. Please read this PDF about the resource and learn how to register.
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Starling Minds – End of School Year Webinar
Thursday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m. EDT
Starling Minds will be hosting a 45-minute webinar session held by Tara Achkar, Starling Minds’ Mental Fitness Coach, to help members build resilience to stress, anxiety and depression.
Join this session to learn the tools to recharge for the summer and get back to school as resilient as possible. Register here.
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Tracking Education Policy During the Pandemic
The newest episode of the ETFO podcast Elementary examines a new report from the Ontario Teachers’ Federation called Schools, Austerity, and Privatization in the Pandemic Era. The report, authored by Dr. Paul Bocking, tracks the Conservative government’s education policy from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to today.
Listen to Dr. Paul Bocking’s discoveries on Elementary: A podcast from ETFO on most podcast apps or at etfo.ca.
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Usage-based Insurance and is it Right for You?
Have you been wondering if usage-based car insurance is right for you?
OTIP has put together a guide to help break down the frequently asked questions of UBI programs. Read about it here.
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Follow your union online!
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The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
represents more than 83,000 teachers and education workers.
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