Archives: OPSBA News Posts
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PES Registration is open!
OPSBA’s 2023 Public Education Symposium (PES) will be held from January 26 to 28 at the Sheraton Centre, Toronto. We look forward to welcoming new and returning trustees in-person. PES is OPSBA’s premier professional development experience where public school board trustees from across the province learn, collaborate and connect. This year’s symposium theme is Optimism…
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Legislative Update – November 21, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament have returned to Queen’s Park and three weeks are left before rising for winter recess after December 8. WELOME NEW AND RETURNING TRUSTEES! OPSBA extends a warm welcome to all new and returning trustees with many member boards having held their inaugural and organizational meetings. The Association welcomes everyone to the…
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Tentative agreement reached with CUPE
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that the Council of Trustees’/School Board Associations (CTA) and the provincial government have successfully negotiated a tentative settlement on central terms of a collective agreement with Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) education workers.
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Legislative Update – November 14, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park today, November 14. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is expected to present the government’s fall economic statement and the government has stated it will introduce legislation to rescind Bill 28, Keeping Students in Class Act, which should pass quickly. On November 15, the Standing Committee on Social Policy…
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OPSBA in the Media – November 2022
OPSBA to announce results of recent Nanos survey CHCH News Hamilton – November 28, 2022 VIDEO: The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association will announce at 9:15 a.m. the results of a Nanos survey regarding key Ontario resident issues such as student transportation, capital funding and equity, diversity, and inclusion. Play segment … ‘Transphobic’ school hoax…
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Legislative Update – November 7, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament have a constituency week from November 7 to 11 and return to Queen’s Park on November 14, 2022. On that day, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy will present the government’s fall economic statement and then the government will have four sitting weeks before the winter holidays. Bill 28, Keeping Students in Class…