Students Set to Head Back to School as New Contract for Ontario Teachers Far Off

Ontario teacher contract talks stall as Education Minister remains optimistic

Education Minister Paul Calanadra says he remains "very optimistic" about the upcoming school year even though it will begin without a new contract for Ontario's teachers and education workers. "School will open as usual," Calandra said at an unrelated news conference in Bradford West Gwillimbury on Thursday. "The year will start as scheduled, and it is my expectation that kids will be in the classroom for a very long time. There's no reason why…

Students set to head back to school as new contract for Ontario teachers far off

TORONTO - Ontario students will soon return to school, but a new contract for their teachers and education workers may be far off as substantive bargaining has not even started.

Ontario teachers’ union slams ‘broken system’ that they say has stalled talks on new contract

The union representing Ontario’s secondary school teachers is calling for the repeal of a “broken system” that it says has stalled negotiations weeks prior to the expiration of teacher contracts.

Scrap current bargaining system, high school teachers’ union urges

Head of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation says that reforms introduced more than a decade ago by the previous Liberal government have become too centralized.

School year will start ‘as usual’ amid labour unrest

Ontario’s education minister says he remains optimistic that the province can reach new collective agreements with teachers and education workers before the new school year begins, insisting that students should expect to return to classrooms as scheduled after Labour Day. Education Minister Paul Calandra said Thursday that he continues to believe negotiations can result in agreements with Ontario’s education unions, ... Read More The post Schoo…