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Articles from Canada

  1. Standards and working conditions 3 June 2014

    Canada: Call for applications to Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award

    The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) has launched the Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award. Only organisations with whom CTF has a current or recent (past five years) partnership are eligible to apply and earn C$1,000 to carry out its proposed World Teachers’ Day (WTD) activities.

    Canada: Call for applications to Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award
  2. Union renewal and development 26 May 2014

    Canada: CAUT appoints new Executive Director

    EI has warmly welcomed the appointment of David Robinson as Executive Director of its affiliate, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Robinson’s appointment will become effective on 1 July.

    Canada: CAUT appoints new Executive Director
  3. Trade union rights are human rights 8 May 2014

    Canada: Task force recommendations undermine teachers, says union

    The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) has strongly rejected the Task Force for Teaching Excellence report released by Alberta’s Education Minister, considering it as an assault on teachers.

    Canada: Task force recommendations undermine teachers, says union
  4. Union renewal and development 30 October 2013

    Canada: Marketing and consumerism focus of Media Literacy Week

    The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, will organise the eighth national annual Media Literacy Week on November 4-8 in collaboration with MediaSmarts, a Canadian not-for-profit centre for digital and media literacy. This year’s Week will focus on marketing and consumerism.

    Canada: Marketing and consumerism focus of Media Literacy Week
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 July 2013

    Canadian researchers urge government to “Get Science Right”

    The organization representing Canada’s academic staff is calling for an overhaul of the federal government’s science policy, following renewed concerns about the impact of recent decisions on the integrity and independence of scientific research.

    Canadian researchers urge government to “Get Science Right”
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 June 2013

    Canada: Senate puts anti-trade union Bill C-377 on hold

    The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has welcomed the fact that the Conservative-dominated Senate has blocked Bill C-377. This Bill aimed to force unions to disclose all payments worth C$5,000 or more being made to outside groups or individuals. It also sought to force unions to...

    Canada: Senate puts anti-trade union Bill C-377 on hold
  7. Union growth 13 May 2013

    Canada: Teachers’ survey flags scarce resources on human rights education

    Teachers across Canada have identified a pressing need for more human rights’ tools and resources - especially when teaching younger children. This is according to a national survey by EI’s affiliate, the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF), and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR).

    Canada: Teachers’ survey flags scarce resources on human rights education
  8. Equity and inclusion 19 April 2013

    Canada: working to end violence against women and girls

    EI’s affiliate, the Canadian Federation of Teachers (CTF), held its 2013 Women’s Issues Symposium from 17-18 April in Ottawa. This year's theme focused on violence against women and girls. In Canada, violence against women and girls is all too prevalent. It targets all groups of women, across age, ethnic, class...

    Canada: working to end violence against women and girls
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 April 2013

    Canada: CSQ holds rendezvous on early childhood education

    The provision of quality early childhood education (ECE) services has been highlighted as an important entitlement for all young children at a Centrale des Syndicats du Québec (CSQ) meeting.

    Canada: CSQ holds rendezvous on early childhood education
  10. Fighting the commercialisation of education 18 February 2013

    Canada: Teachers’ guide to copyright released

    The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has released the third edition of ‘Copyright Matters! Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers’. The publication takes into account key changes that have occurred in the area of copyright since the previous edition, published in 2005.

    Canada: Teachers’ guide to copyright released
  11. Union growth 19 December 2012

    Canada: Union condemns government’s assault on democracy

    The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has heavily criticised the Harper Conservative government for pushing Bill C-377 through the House of Commons without a fair debate and without hearing the voices of those affected by the legislation. They describe the bill as mean-spirited, biased and wasteful...

    Canada: Union condemns government’s assault on democracy
  12. Trade union rights are human rights 7 November 2012

    Canada: Students across Quebec learn lessons in online privacy

    On 5 November, schools across Quebec joined an event hosted by Laurier Macdonald High School in Montreal, to launch Media Literacy Week 2012. Students had the opportunity to talk with a panel of experts about online privacy as part of this year’s theme Privacy Matters.

    Canada: Students across Quebec learn lessons in online privacy
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2012

    Canada: Teachers are forced to pay for the deficit in Ontario

    Mass demonstrations by students and teachers alike were held on 19 September in opposition to the Putting Students First Act, or Bill 115, passed on 11 September. Those opposed deplore the fact that the Bill deprives Ontario’s teachers of their right to collective-bargaining actions and unprofessionally withholds their due wages.

    Canada: Teachers are forced to pay for the deficit in Ontario
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 August 2012

    Canada: teacher unions’ demand fair collective bargaining process

    Canadian educator unionists have condemned the Ontarian liberal government’s ultimatum for local teachers’ unions and school boards that has both sides of the conflict currently in a stalemate. Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten said that if the teachers' unions and school boards do not sign the proposed new deals by...

    Canada: teacher unions’ demand fair collective bargaining process
  15. Equity and inclusion 13 July 2012

    Canada: Deficit is not an excuse for underfunding Aboriginal education

    Former Prime Minister Paul Martin has delivered a keynote address at the Canada Teachers’ Federation (CTF) Annual General Meeting held under the theme, “Teacher organisations: charting the course for democracy,” from 11-13 July in Halifa, Nova Scotia.

    Canada: Deficit is not an excuse for underfunding Aboriginal education
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 July 2012

    Canada: Gap between teachers’ hopes and practice

    External forces often change the way teachers teach, with just under half of teachers occasionally having opportunities to teach as they aspire to. That’s according to a 2012 joint research report from the Canadian Education Association (CEA) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF).

    Canada: Gap between teachers’ hopes and practice