CSBA Congress and NTGIE

2024 Canadian School Boards Association Congress, National Trustee Gathering on Indigenous Education and OPSBA AGM

July 3 to 5, 2024, Toronto

OPSBA looks forward to welcoming trustees and school board staff from across Canada to the 2024 CSBA Congress and National Trustee Gathering! The OPSBA AGM will also take place during the event.

Program and registration coming soon.

Location and Hotel Reservations

Westin Harbour Castle (Directions)
1 Harbour Square, Toronto
M5J 1A6

Reservations: https://book.passkey.com/e/50635351

Attendees can make their own reservations by calling in toll free at 1-888-627-8559 and stating that they are part of the OPSBA AGM and CSBA Meeting or simply quoting the group code “OPS.”

For more information:
Kendra Tedford Devine, 416-340-2540
or Email OPSBA

2023 AGM and Program

June 8–10, 2023, Blue Mountain, Collingwood

Celebrating 35 Years – Embracing the Future Together

Presentations:

Supporting Every Student’s Mental Health – Toni Lauzon

In the Boardroom – How Great Boards Meet – Marion Thomson Howell

What Does Bill 98 Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act mean for Trustees and School Boards?
Plus a review of the latest cases on Defamation and Trustees and the Balancing of Freedom of Speech and Human Rights during a Board Meeting Delegation

May 9, 2023 – OPSBA submission regarding Bill 98, The Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act
BC case: Hansman v. Neufeld, 2023 SCC 14 – https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/2023/2023scc14/2023scc14.html
Bluewater case: Giles v. Bluewater District School Board, 2023 ONSC 1625 (Ont. Div. Ct.) – https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onscdc/doc/2023/2023onsc1625/2023onsc1625.html?resultIndex=9

Contacts:

Jennifer McIntyre, Director of Policy, OPSBA (email Jennifer McIntyre)
Jennifer Feren, Board Lawyer, DSB of Niagara (email Jennifer Feren)
Sheila MacKinnon, Partner, Shibley Righton LLP (email Sheila MacKinnon)

Saturday morning Keynote Speaker – Njeri Damali Sojourner-Campbell – available upon request (email Kendra Devine)