New Scholarship! The Healthy Democracy Student Leadership Award
Celebrating National Indigenous History Month
OPSBA ratifies agreement reached with EWAO
Ontario’s education funding gap continues to grow
OPSBA statement on the new OYAP FAST program
Legislative Update – December 7, 2020
MPPs have four sitting days this week at Queen’s Park as the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is scheduled to rise for Winter Recess on December 10, 2020. MPPs will return to Queen's Park on February 16, 2021. Recent Legislation and Regulations Bill 229, Protect,...
SMHO’s #ShareTheGood Campaign
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, truly amazing things are happening daily in Ontario public schools. In order to focus on the positive, School Mental Health Ontario (SMHO) has created the #ShareTheGood campaign. This bilingual campaign will share the good...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – November 28, 2020
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on November 28, 2020. President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from numerous traditional...
Legislative Update – November 30, 2020
Provincial Budget / Bill 229, Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures) This legislation has been time allocated and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. There will be three days of public hearings starting...
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...
New Scholarship! The Healthy Democracy Student Leadership Award
Celebrating National Indigenous History Month
OPSBA ratifies agreement reached with EWAO
Ontario’s education funding gap continues to grow
OPSBA statement on the new OYAP FAST program
Legislative Update – December 7, 2020
MPPs have four sitting days this week at Queen’s Park as the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is scheduled to rise for Winter Recess on December 10, 2020. MPPs will return to Queen's Park on February 16, 2021. Recent Legislation and Regulations Bill 229, Protect,...
SMHO’s #ShareTheGood Campaign
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, truly amazing things are happening daily in Ontario public schools. In order to focus on the positive, School Mental Health Ontario (SMHO) has created the #ShareTheGood campaign. This bilingual campaign will share the good...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – November 28, 2020
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on November 28, 2020. President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from numerous traditional...
Legislative Update – November 30, 2020
Provincial Budget / Bill 229, Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures) This legislation has been time allocated and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. There will be three days of public hearings starting...
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...
