The province continues to operate in the Writ Period of the election process. With the Legislative Assembly of Ontario dissolved, MPPs have stopped serving as Members of Legislative Assembly, but their constituency offices remain open. Elections Ontario Information...
OPSBA Events
Legislative Update – May 10, 2022
The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, has accepted the dissolution of Ontario’s 42nd Parliament. Her proclamation wiped the order paper clean, cancelling a number of private members’ bills, as well as the government’s budget Bill...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – April 29 and 30, 2022
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held its first in-person meeting since February 2020 on April 29 and 30, 2022, in downtown Toronto. A number of Board of Directors members participated in the meeting virtually. President Cathy...
Legislative Update – April 25, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario was scheduled to resume this week but now MPPs have an extra three days in their constituencies and will return on April 28, 2022 – the same day the provincial budget will be tabled. OPSBA has been asked to participate in the...
Legislative Update – April 12, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will be adjourning for a constituency week beginning April 18, 2022 and will return April 25, 2022. Current Legislation Bill 106, Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 This proposed legislation was introduced on March 29,...
Call for Nominations for Elected Positions 2022
Ontario Public School Boards’ Association elections will be held as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 9 to 11, 2022 in Ottawa. Information about elected positions and the nomination process is summarized below. More details are available in the OPSBA...
Call for Policy Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments
POLICY RESOLUTIONS Submission deadline: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. Your input is important! OPSBA member boards are asked to submit policy resolutions for consideration at the 2022 Annual General Meeting by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2022....
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – February 25 and 26, 2022
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on February 25 and 26, 2022. President Cathy Abraham provided a traditional territory acknowledgement, noting that “we are all treaty people” and acknowledged that...
Legislative Update – February 7, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned during winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 The Government of Ontario has launched its school closures and absenteeism...
Legislative Update – January 24, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned during winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. Rod Phillips has announced his resignation as the Minister of Long-Term Care and will not be seeking re-election. The...
Legislative Update – January 17, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 On January 12, Minister Stephen Lecce confirmed that Ontario’s publicly funded schools would...
Legislative Update – January 10, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 Due to Ontario's latest case and contact management guidance, updates to the provincial...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – November 27, 2021
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on November 27, 2021. Alternate Indigenous Director Lucille Kyle gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from...
Legislative Update – October 12, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario was resumed from October 4 to 8 and is now off for a constituency week that coincides with the Thanksgiving holiday. Members of Provincial Parliament will return on October 18, 2021. Recent Legislation Bill 13, Supporting People and...
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...
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.
Legislative Update – June 14, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario returned on June 10 for the introduction of new government legislation. Attorney General Doug Downey introduced Bill 307, Protecting Elections and Defending Democracy Act, which reinstates sections of the Election Finances Act...
OPSBA Events
Legislative Update – May 20, 2022
The province continues to operate in the Writ Period of the election process. With the Legislative Assembly of Ontario dissolved, MPPs have stopped serving as Members of Legislative Assembly, but their constituency offices remain open. Elections Ontario Information...
Legislative Update – May 10, 2022
The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, has accepted the dissolution of Ontario’s 42nd Parliament. Her proclamation wiped the order paper clean, cancelling a number of private members’ bills, as well as the government’s budget Bill...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – April 29 and 30, 2022
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held its first in-person meeting since February 2020 on April 29 and 30, 2022, in downtown Toronto. A number of Board of Directors members participated in the meeting virtually. President Cathy...
Legislative Update – April 25, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario was scheduled to resume this week but now MPPs have an extra three days in their constituencies and will return on April 28, 2022 – the same day the provincial budget will be tabled. OPSBA has been asked to participate in the...
Legislative Update – April 12, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will be adjourning for a constituency week beginning April 18, 2022 and will return April 25, 2022. Current Legislation Bill 106, Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 This proposed legislation was introduced on March 29,...
Call for Nominations for Elected Positions 2022
Ontario Public School Boards’ Association elections will be held as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 9 to 11, 2022 in Ottawa. Information about elected positions and the nomination process is summarized below. More details are available in the OPSBA...
Call for Policy Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments
POLICY RESOLUTIONS Submission deadline: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. Your input is important! OPSBA member boards are asked to submit policy resolutions for consideration at the 2022 Annual General Meeting by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2022....
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – February 25 and 26, 2022
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on February 25 and 26, 2022. President Cathy Abraham provided a traditional territory acknowledgement, noting that “we are all treaty people” and acknowledged that...
Legislative Update – February 7, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned during winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 The Government of Ontario has launched its school closures and absenteeism...
Legislative Update – January 24, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned during winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. Rod Phillips has announced his resignation as the Minister of Long-Term Care and will not be seeking re-election. The...
Legislative Update – January 17, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 On January 12, Minister Stephen Lecce confirmed that Ontario’s publicly funded schools would...
Legislative Update – January 10, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 Due to Ontario's latest case and contact management guidance, updates to the provincial...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – November 27, 2021
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on November 27, 2021. Alternate Indigenous Director Lucille Kyle gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from...
Legislative Update – October 12, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario was resumed from October 4 to 8 and is now off for a constituency week that coincides with the Thanksgiving holiday. Members of Provincial Parliament will return on October 18, 2021. Recent Legislation Bill 13, Supporting People and...
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...
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.
Legislative Update – June 14, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario returned on June 10 for the introduction of new government legislation. Attorney General Doug Downey introduced Bill 307, Protecting Elections and Defending Democracy Act, which reinstates sections of the Election Finances Act...