POLICY RESOLUTIONS Submission deadline: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Your input is important! OPSBA member boards are asked to submit policy resolutions for consideration at the 2021 Annual General Meeting by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2021....
OPSBA News
Call for OPSBA Awards Nominations
Know an Ontario public school student, teacher, education worker, parent, volunteer or trustee who deserves recognition for making a difference in their community? Nominations are now being accepted for the Ontario Public School Boards' Association's Awards Program....
Legislative Update – January 11, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter break and is scheduled to return on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The following is a summary of information since the last Legislative Update in mid-December 2020. COVID-19 Update On December 26, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., a...
OPSBA Speakers and Professional Development Sessions – First Speaker December 10
OPSBA will be presenting inspiring, informative speakers and virtual workshops through a series of speakers and PD sessions. The first session will be held via Zoom on December 10 from 12 to 1 p.m. and features speaker Sachin Maharaj. Sachin teaches educational...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Winners of OPSBA’s Public Property Assessment Network Scholarship announced
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce the five winners of its Public Property Assessment Network (PPAN) Scholarship. This $1,000 scholarship is being awarded to one recipient in each of OPSBA’s five regions, for three school...
Call for Nominations for OPSBA Elected Positions 2020
The OPSBA 2020 elections will be held as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will take place on September 26, 2020 by video conference. All nominations received by the nomination deadline of 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2020, will be published in the...
Call for Policy Resolutions
The OPSBA Annual General Meeting, usually held in June, was deferred and has now been scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 2020, via video conference. The following information is updated to correspond to the new AGM date. Boards interested in submitting a proposed...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – May 23, 2020
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting using the Zoom platform on May 23, 2020. President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Indigenous...
Call for Policy Resolutions & Proposed Amendments to the OPSBA Constitution
POLICY RESOLUTIONS Submission deadline: Friday, April 3, 2020 Friday, April 3, 2020 is the deadline for OPSBA member boards to submit policy resolutions for consideration by the general membership at the 2020 OPSBA Annual General Meeting. Policy resolutions from...
Call for Nominations for 2020 OPSBA Awards
Know an Ontario public school student, teacher, education worker, parent, volunteer or trustee who deserves recognition for making a difference in their community? Nominations are now being accepted for the Ontario Public School Boards' Association's Awards Program....
Former OPSBA communications director supporting TDSB swim programs through his art
A portrait of Olympian swimmer Penny Oleksiak was unveiled at the TDSB’s Monarch Park Collegiate recently, in honour of her achievements at the 2016 Olympic Games. Oleksiak became the first Canadian to win four medals in the same Games and the country's youngest...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – November 24, 2019
The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a meeting on November 24, 2019, in Toronto. Elaine Johnston, Chair of OPSBA's Indigenous Trustees' Council (ITC), gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional...
Local Government Week is October 20 to 26!
Local Government Week (LGW) 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...
OPSBA News
Call for Policy Resolutions & Proposed Amendments to the OPSBA Constitution & By-Laws
POLICY RESOLUTIONS Submission deadline: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Your input is important! OPSBA member boards are asked to submit policy resolutions for consideration at the 2021 Annual General Meeting by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2021....
Call for OPSBA Awards Nominations
Know an Ontario public school student, teacher, education worker, parent, volunteer or trustee who deserves recognition for making a difference in their community? Nominations are now being accepted for the Ontario Public School Boards' Association's Awards Program....
Legislative Update – January 11, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter break and is scheduled to return on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The following is a summary of information since the last Legislative Update in mid-December 2020. COVID-19 Update On December 26, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., a...
OPSBA Speakers and Professional Development Sessions – First Speaker December 10
OPSBA will be presenting inspiring, informative speakers and virtual workshops through a series of speakers and PD sessions. The first session will be held via Zoom on December 10 from 12 to 1 p.m. and features speaker Sachin Maharaj. Sachin teaches educational...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Winners of OPSBA’s Public Property Assessment Network Scholarship announced
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce the five winners of its Public Property Assessment Network (PPAN) Scholarship. This $1,000 scholarship is being awarded to one recipient in each of OPSBA’s five regions, for three school...
Call for Nominations for OPSBA Elected Positions 2020
The OPSBA 2020 elections will be held as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will take place on September 26, 2020 by video conference. All nominations received by the nomination deadline of 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2020, will be published in the...
Call for Policy Resolutions
The OPSBA Annual General Meeting, usually held in June, was deferred and has now been scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 2020, via video conference. The following information is updated to correspond to the new AGM date. Boards interested in submitting a proposed...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – May 23, 2020
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting using the Zoom platform on May 23, 2020. President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Indigenous...
Call for Policy Resolutions & Proposed Amendments to the OPSBA Constitution
POLICY RESOLUTIONS Submission deadline: Friday, April 3, 2020 Friday, April 3, 2020 is the deadline for OPSBA member boards to submit policy resolutions for consideration by the general membership at the 2020 OPSBA Annual General Meeting. Policy resolutions from...
Call for Nominations for 2020 OPSBA Awards
Know an Ontario public school student, teacher, education worker, parent, volunteer or trustee who deserves recognition for making a difference in their community? Nominations are now being accepted for the Ontario Public School Boards' Association's Awards Program....
Former OPSBA communications director supporting TDSB swim programs through his art
A portrait of Olympian swimmer Penny Oleksiak was unveiled at the TDSB’s Monarch Park Collegiate recently, in honour of her achievements at the 2016 Olympic Games. Oleksiak became the first Canadian to win four medals in the same Games and the country's youngest...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – November 24, 2019
The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a meeting on November 24, 2019, in Toronto. Elaine Johnston, Chair of OPSBA's Indigenous Trustees' Council (ITC), gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional...
Local Government Week is October 20 to 26!
Local Government Week (LGW) 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...
