Canada’s educators are showing resilience and commitment to students in the face of COVID-19. Do you know an exceptional teacher or early childhood educator? Consider nominating them for a 2021 Prime Minister's Award! This program honours innovative and outstanding...
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Legislative Update – November 23, 2020
MPPs returned to Queen’s Park on November 16 after being in their home ridings for a constituency week. The final sitting day before the Winter Recess is December 10, 2020 – leaving 12 sitting days. Provincial Budget On November 5, Minister of Finance Rod Phillips...
Legislative Update – November 9, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament will begin a constituency week on November 9 and return to Queen’s Park on November 16. The final sitting day before the Winter Recess is December 10, 2020 – leaving 16 sitting days. Provincial Budget On November 5, Minister of...
OPSBA in the Media – November 2020
COVID testing to begin in schools in Toronto, Peel, York, Ottawa The Toronto Star, Nov. 26, 2020 The provincial government will start asymptomatic testing of students and staff in Toronto, Peel, York and Ottawa in a move that could shed some light on the spread...
Legislative Update – November 2, 2020
COVID-19 Update As of the morning of October 30, 889 cases of COVID-19 cases had been reported in publicly funded schools in the past 14 days. Of those cases, 481 are students, 91 are staff, and 317 are not identified. None of the 4,828 schools in the province...
Ontario celebrates Treaties Recognition Week 2021
We know that through teaching and learning in our schools, we can move towards a Canada where the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians is founded on mutual respect. To support the Calls to Action of the Final Report of the Truth and...
Legislative Update – October 26, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament were back at Queen’s Park from October 19 to 23. Bill 218, Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 This legislation was introduced on October 20 by Attorney General Doug Downey. Should it pass, the bill would...
Legislative Update – October 19, 2020
MPPs returned to Queen’s Park on October 19, 2020, after a constituency week. COVID-19 Update As of October 15, 1,145 total COVID-19 cases had been reported in publicly funded schools, in 451 individual schools, with 686 of those occurring in the last 14 days. Of the...
Local Government Week is October 19 to 23!
Local Government Week aims to increase youth and public awareness about the important role local government plays in our communities. Please join OPSBA, our member trustees and our education partners in raising civic awareness and promoting the role of trustees among...
Good Governance during COVID-19
Effective governance is always important. It is even more so now as school boards face unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trustee Professional Development Program focuses on fundamentals of good governance and offers learning and tools...
Legislative Update – October 13, 2020
Queen’s Park is now adjourned as MPPs return to their local ridings for a constituency week and will return on October 19. Bill 204, Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020 This legislation was introduced on September 17 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal...
OPSBA in the Media – October 2020
Then & Now: Ever wondered about the people local public schools are named for?sudbury.com, Oct. 22, 2020Eight Rainbow Board elementary schools in Greater Sudbury are named after community leaders. Their names, branded on bricks and mortar and children's teams...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – September 25 and 26, 2020
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting using the Zoom platform on September 25-26, 2020. Trustee Lucille Kyle, OPSBA’s Alternate First Nations Director, gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on...
OPSBA releases 2019-20 Annual Report
The 2019-20 Annual Report of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association is now online and can be found on the OPSBA website, along with previous reports dating back to 2015-16. The Annual Report is OPSBA’s record of highlights and accomplishments related to the...
Ontario College of Teachers’ 2019 Annual Report Online
The Ontario College of Teachers is Ontario's regulator of the teaching profession and its 2019 Annual Report is available online. The report captures highlights of Council and committee activities from the past year. It also provides demographic data about teachers,...
CSBA presents an Indigenous Trustees’ Panel
On October 8, 2020 at 1 p.m., the Canadian School Boards' Association will be hosting an online trustee panel of Indigenous leaders (via Zoom) to explore their role as trustees. Moderated by Renee St. Germain, the panel includes Trustee Barb Flett; Trustee and...
Legislative Update – September 21, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario reconvened this week on Monday, September 14, 2020. The government issued a news release, Health Preparedness and Rebuilding the Economy Top Priorities in Ontario's Fall Legislative Agenda, outlining its priorities for the fall...
Legislative Update – September 11, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario reconvenes on September 14, and for now, will follow the traditional sitting schedule of meeting Mondays to Thursdays. The parliamentary calendar also includes the fall constituency weeks. September Return-to-School Plans Many...
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2021 Prime Minister’s Awards Competition is Open
Canada’s educators are showing resilience and commitment to students in the face of COVID-19. Do you know an exceptional teacher or early childhood educator? Consider nominating them for a 2021 Prime Minister's Award! This program honours innovative and outstanding...
Legislative Update – November 23, 2020
MPPs returned to Queen’s Park on November 16 after being in their home ridings for a constituency week. The final sitting day before the Winter Recess is December 10, 2020 – leaving 12 sitting days. Provincial Budget On November 5, Minister of Finance Rod Phillips...
Legislative Update – November 9, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament will begin a constituency week on November 9 and return to Queen’s Park on November 16. The final sitting day before the Winter Recess is December 10, 2020 – leaving 16 sitting days. Provincial Budget On November 5, Minister of...
OPSBA in the Media – November 2020
COVID testing to begin in schools in Toronto, Peel, York, Ottawa The Toronto Star, Nov. 26, 2020 The provincial government will start asymptomatic testing of students and staff in Toronto, Peel, York and Ottawa in a move that could shed some light on the spread...
Legislative Update – November 2, 2020
COVID-19 Update As of the morning of October 30, 889 cases of COVID-19 cases had been reported in publicly funded schools in the past 14 days. Of those cases, 481 are students, 91 are staff, and 317 are not identified. None of the 4,828 schools in the province...
Ontario celebrates Treaties Recognition Week 2021
We know that through teaching and learning in our schools, we can move towards a Canada where the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians is founded on mutual respect. To support the Calls to Action of the Final Report of the Truth and...
Legislative Update – October 26, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament were back at Queen’s Park from October 19 to 23. Bill 218, Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 This legislation was introduced on October 20 by Attorney General Doug Downey. Should it pass, the bill would...
Legislative Update – October 19, 2020
MPPs returned to Queen’s Park on October 19, 2020, after a constituency week. COVID-19 Update As of October 15, 1,145 total COVID-19 cases had been reported in publicly funded schools, in 451 individual schools, with 686 of those occurring in the last 14 days. Of the...
Local Government Week is October 19 to 23!
Local Government Week aims to increase youth and public awareness about the important role local government plays in our communities. Please join OPSBA, our member trustees and our education partners in raising civic awareness and promoting the role of trustees among...
Good Governance during COVID-19
Effective governance is always important. It is even more so now as school boards face unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trustee Professional Development Program focuses on fundamentals of good governance and offers learning and tools...
Legislative Update – October 13, 2020
Queen’s Park is now adjourned as MPPs return to their local ridings for a constituency week and will return on October 19. Bill 204, Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020 This legislation was introduced on September 17 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal...
OPSBA in the Media – October 2020
Then & Now: Ever wondered about the people local public schools are named for?sudbury.com, Oct. 22, 2020Eight Rainbow Board elementary schools in Greater Sudbury are named after community leaders. Their names, branded on bricks and mortar and children's teams...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – September 25 and 26, 2020
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting using the Zoom platform on September 25-26, 2020. Trustee Lucille Kyle, OPSBA’s Alternate First Nations Director, gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on...
OPSBA releases 2019-20 Annual Report
The 2019-20 Annual Report of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association is now online and can be found on the OPSBA website, along with previous reports dating back to 2015-16. The Annual Report is OPSBA’s record of highlights and accomplishments related to the...
Ontario College of Teachers’ 2019 Annual Report Online
The Ontario College of Teachers is Ontario's regulator of the teaching profession and its 2019 Annual Report is available online. The report captures highlights of Council and committee activities from the past year. It also provides demographic data about teachers,...
CSBA presents an Indigenous Trustees’ Panel
On October 8, 2020 at 1 p.m., the Canadian School Boards' Association will be hosting an online trustee panel of Indigenous leaders (via Zoom) to explore their role as trustees. Moderated by Renee St. Germain, the panel includes Trustee Barb Flett; Trustee and...
Legislative Update – September 21, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario reconvened this week on Monday, September 14, 2020. The government issued a news release, Health Preparedness and Rebuilding the Economy Top Priorities in Ontario's Fall Legislative Agenda, outlining its priorities for the fall...
Legislative Update – September 11, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario reconvenes on September 14, and for now, will follow the traditional sitting schedule of meeting Mondays to Thursdays. The parliamentary calendar also includes the fall constituency weeks. September Return-to-School Plans Many...
