The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Saturday, September 25, 2021. President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from numerous traditional...
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Legislative Update – September 27, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will resume in two weeks on Monday, October 4, 2021. House Speaker Ted Arnott has confirmed “everyone seeking to enter” the legislature will require either proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test. The new rules will...
Legislative Update – September 20, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will resume October 4, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 As of the morning of September 17, 632 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in publicly funded schools in the past 14 days. Of those cases, 526 are students,...
Legislative Update – September 13, 2021
As previously noted, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario will now remain adjourned until October 4, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 The COVID-19 cases in schools and child care centres webpage has been updated with a note stating that the page has...
Legislative Update – September 7, 2021
On September 3, Government House Leader Paul Calandra issued a statement to the media about the decision to prorogue the legislature until October 4, 2021. Prorogation is the act of completely ending a session of Parliament, and has the effect of terminating all...
OPSBA in the Media – September 2021
What to know about our first National Day for Truth and ReconciliationThe London Free Press - Sep. 29, 2021Thursday marks Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to remember the more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who were...
Legislative Update – August 30, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 As the school year rapidly approaches, school boards are preparing revised...
Legislative Update – August 23, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 On August 13, OPSBA sent a letter to Premier Ford requesting that the...
OPSBA in the Media – August 2021
Survey For Parents with Kids Returning To SchoolGoNorthumberland.ca - Aug. 25, 2021The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is offering a survey in conjunction with the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA). This is in regards to Ontario’s elementary...
Legislative Update – August 16, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 Following recent information from the Ministry of Education about the fall...
OPSBA launches survey of public education community: School and COVID-19
Ontario children are preparing to return to their public schools this fall for the first time since the spring and we want to hear from you!
Legislative Update – August 9, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 Minister of Education Stephen Lecce has announced the province’s plans for...
OPSBA in the Media – July 2021
Masks on, schools told for September as long-awaited provincial guidance unveiledThe Toronto Star - Aug. 3, 2021Back to school this fall for Ontario’s two million students isn’t quite back to normal, but there will be fewer COVID-19 restrictions than the 2020-21...
Legislative Update – July 12, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update Ontario’s COVID-19 case rates continue to decline as vaccination numbers rise. On July 9, the province...
Send the Ontario College of Teachers a video for World Teachers’ Day!
The Ontario College of Teachers is asking for videos about inspiring teachers to be submitted for their social media campaign for World Teachers’ Day this fall. Students are asked to send a short video (20 seconds or less) that includes their name, their teacher’s...
Legislative Update – June 21, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario concluded the current session on June 14 after Bill 307, Protecting Elections and Defending Democracy Act cleared a third-reading vote (Ayes 63; Nays 47) and received Royal Assent. MPPs are now adjourned and return on September 13,...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – June 11, 2021
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on June 11, 2021. Indigenous Trustees’ Council Chair Elaine Johnston gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from...
Cathy Abraham remains President of OPSBA
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Cathy Abraham will be serving as President for the 2021-22 school year following the Association’s 2021 Annual General Meeting on Saturday. President Abraham was elected to a two-year term in September 2021 for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years.
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OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – September 25, 2021
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Saturday, September 25, 2021. President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from numerous traditional...
Legislative Update – September 27, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will resume in two weeks on Monday, October 4, 2021. House Speaker Ted Arnott has confirmed “everyone seeking to enter” the legislature will require either proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test. The new rules will...
Legislative Update – September 20, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will resume October 4, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 As of the morning of September 17, 632 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in publicly funded schools in the past 14 days. Of those cases, 526 are students,...
Legislative Update – September 13, 2021
As previously noted, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario will now remain adjourned until October 4, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 The COVID-19 cases in schools and child care centres webpage has been updated with a note stating that the page has...
Legislative Update – September 7, 2021
On September 3, Government House Leader Paul Calandra issued a statement to the media about the decision to prorogue the legislature until October 4, 2021. Prorogation is the act of completely ending a session of Parliament, and has the effect of terminating all...
OPSBA in the Media – September 2021
What to know about our first National Day for Truth and ReconciliationThe London Free Press - Sep. 29, 2021Thursday marks Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to remember the more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who were...
Legislative Update – August 30, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 As the school year rapidly approaches, school boards are preparing revised...
Legislative Update – August 23, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 On August 13, OPSBA sent a letter to Premier Ford requesting that the...
OPSBA in the Media – August 2021
Survey For Parents with Kids Returning To SchoolGoNorthumberland.ca - Aug. 25, 2021The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is offering a survey in conjunction with the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA). This is in regards to Ontario’s elementary...
Legislative Update – August 16, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 Following recent information from the Ministry of Education about the fall...
OPSBA launches survey of public education community: School and COVID-19
Ontario children are preparing to return to their public schools this fall for the first time since the spring and we want to hear from you!
Legislative Update – August 9, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 Minister of Education Stephen Lecce has announced the province’s plans for...
OPSBA in the Media – July 2021
Masks on, schools told for September as long-awaited provincial guidance unveiledThe Toronto Star - Aug. 3, 2021Back to school this fall for Ontario’s two million students isn’t quite back to normal, but there will be fewer COVID-19 restrictions than the 2020-21...
Legislative Update – July 12, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update Ontario’s COVID-19 case rates continue to decline as vaccination numbers rise. On July 9, the province...
Send the Ontario College of Teachers a video for World Teachers’ Day!
The Ontario College of Teachers is asking for videos about inspiring teachers to be submitted for their social media campaign for World Teachers’ Day this fall. Students are asked to send a short video (20 seconds or less) that includes their name, their teacher’s...
Legislative Update – June 21, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario concluded the current session on June 14 after Bill 307, Protecting Elections and Defending Democracy Act cleared a third-reading vote (Ayes 63; Nays 47) and received Royal Assent. MPPs are now adjourned and return on September 13,...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – June 11, 2021
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on June 11, 2021. Indigenous Trustees’ Council Chair Elaine Johnston gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from...
Cathy Abraham remains President of OPSBA
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Cathy Abraham will be serving as President for the 2021-22 school year following the Association’s 2021 Annual General Meeting on Saturday. President Abraham was elected to a two-year term in September 2021 for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years.
