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   Equity and inclusion 9 February 2023

   Canada and Ireland ratify ILO Convention 190, others must join to eradicate violence and harassment in the world of work

   Education International welcomes the recent ratifications by Canada and Ireland of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 (C190) on violence and harassment in the world of work.

   Canada and Ireland ratify ILO Convention 190, others must join to eradicate violence and harassment in the world of work

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   Equity and inclusion 2 December 2022

   #16Days | Ending the violence against Indigenous women and girls

   Tesa Fiddler

   The tragedy of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls must not continue to be part of the narrative of Canada. Indigenous women and girls have experienced colonial violence and genocide for hundreds of years and it must end.

   #16Days | Ending the violence against Indigenous women and girls

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   Trade union rights are human rights 4 November 2022

   Canada: Attacks on Ontarian educators’ trade union rights unleashes wave of solidarity

   Education unions in Canada and the world over have shown support for Ontario’s workers and unionists firmly opposed to a bill imposed by the provincial government that threatens school support staff with fines of C$4,000 (€3,000) a day for striking.

   Canada: Attacks on Ontarian educators’ trade union rights unleashes wave of solidarity

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 August 2022

   Adapting to Covid-19: Removing the land from indigenous land-based education

   Sydney Krill

   "That’s what the elders are telling us. Go out on the land. This is a perfect time for people to show youngsters how to build a fire in the morning, how to put up a tent. It’s almost spring. If people can get their families out on the land, that’s...

   Adapting to Covid-19: Removing the land from indigenous land-based education

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   Climate action and literacy 26 January 2022

   Canada: Educators take action on climate change education through ACTES

   In the Canadian province of Quebec, teacher trade unionists are getting involved in the Centrale des Syndicats du Québec’s Movement for Collective Action on Environmental and Social Transitions (Mouvement ACTES-CSQ), which provides them with strong support for initiatives undertaken with their students on climate change education.

   Canada: Educators take action on climate change education through ACTES

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   Equity and inclusion 16 December 2021

   Education unions in Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Canada, the USA and South Africa call on governments to support vaccine equity

   Education International member organisations in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, the United States of America and South Africa are calling on governments to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments at the World Trade Organization. If adopted, the waiver would enable an expansion...

   Education unions in Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Canada, the USA and South Africa call on governments to support vaccine equity