Rene' Jansen in de Wal

📢 Joint Statement from Canada’s Education Leaders

The presidents of provincial and territorial teachers’ organizations in 🇨🇦 met in Banff to discuss the use of the Notwithstanding Clause as a tool to override constitutionally protected rights to freedom of association, collective bargaining, and strike action.

🔗 Read the full statement: https://www.ctf-fce.ca/joint-statement-from-canadas-teachers-organizations-presidents/
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📢 Déclaration commune de dirigeantes et dirigeants du milieu de l’éducation au Canada

Les présidentes et présidents des organisations de l’enseignement provinciales et territoriales du 🇨🇦 se sont réunis à Banff pour discuter du recours à la disposition de dérogation comme moyen de contourner les garanties constitutionnelles protégeant la liberté d'association, la négociation collective et le droit de grève.

🔗 Lisez la déclaration : https://www.ctf-fce.ca/fr/declaration-commune-de-dirigeantes-et-dirigeants-du-milieu-de-leducation-au-canada/

From larger class sizes to increased violence in schools, communities continue to feel the impact of provincial funding cuts. thank leader Mike Schreiner for hosting an impactful education town hall!

🌐Full article available at Guelph Today!

I am proud of teachers and all the workers who go into schools every day for a whole career to take care of other peoples kids. Public Education is a great success story because of the people and partners. We need all of them now more than ever.

CTF - FCE

The government's 2026-27 Core Education Funding announcement fails students and risks Ontario's future:

❌Funding below inflation
❌Cuts to special education, staffing, and learning resources
❌Smoke and mirrors accounting tricks to manufacture increases where none exist

Statement from President Rene Jansen in de Wal: https://www.catholicteachers.ca/News-Events/News/Releases/Government-Plays-Shell-Game-with-Core-Education-Fu

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Shoutout to all the teachers and education workers who wore red on the convention floor today, in a show of support for Canada's publicly funded education systems! Our solidarity is our strength!

"If the Red for Ed(ucation) campaign has motivated you to take action, speak to the people in your life who work in our public schools to get a sense of what conditions are really like. Share this information with your personal networks, call your MPP or reach out to the premier himself. "- Daniel Quaglia👏

is about more than wearing a colour — it’s about standing up for the future of .

🌐Full letter to the editor is available at The Hamilton Spectator!

Putting kids first is more than a simple slogan and photo ops. Action is needed. Ontario it’s better than this. Ontario deserves better than this. 

Ontario's publicly funded education system has been underfunded for far too long, and the latest auditor general report on special education needs clearly outlines the negative impact this is having on our most vulnerable students.

Over the last 5 school years, school boards have increased special education spending by 19% - but the province has only increased their funding by 15%. That funding gap is unsustainable, and it is students that pay the price if this issue is not made a priority.

Read the report: https://bit.ly/4djaV2j