Archives: OPSBA News Posts
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Legislative Update – July 4, 2022
Provincial Election – Parliamentary Assistants Announced The government has announced its Parliamentary Assistants with two new MPPs assigned to the Minister of Education: former Durham DSB Trustee Patrice Barnes and Matthew Rae. MPP Barnes (Ajax) was an active member of OPSBA’s Board of Directors and Work Groups. MPP Rae (Perth-Wellington) served on the PC Party…
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Legislative Update – June 28, 2022
Provincial Election – Government Cabinet Announced The province’s 124 MPP-elects were sworn-in as Members of Provincial Parliament on June 23. These ceremonies were individual sessions held inside the legislature. Doug Ford and his 30 member cabinet have officially been sworn-in by Lieutenant-Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell outside of Queen’s Park. Many MPPs returned to their previous cabinet…
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Recipients of the 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 years – 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22.
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Legislative Update – June 20, 2022
Provincial Election – Next Steps Post-election, the province is out of caretaking mode but now entering a transition phase as the government looks to made decisions about Cabinet members, parliamentary positions, and other staffing decisions. MPP-elects were at Queen’s Park last week for orientation. The government will swear in new ministers on Friday, June 24,…
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OPSBA in the Media – June 2022
Public school board trustee Cathy Abraham returns to OPSBA’s top executive postNorthumberland News – June 23, 2022Cathy Abraham continues to make Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPR) history.Not only was Abraham the first trustee to be elected to the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association three-member senior executive group, where she served two terms as…
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Cathy Abraham remains President of OPSBA
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Cathy Abraham will continue in her current role after being acclaimed as President for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. President Abraham has served as OPSBA President since June 2018 and was acclaimed at the Association’s 2022 Annual General Meeting on Friday, June…
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OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – June 9, 2022
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a meeting at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa on June 9 prior to the OPSBA Annual General Meeting on June 10. President Cathy Abraham provided a traditional territory acknowledgement and noted that members were joining from traditional lands across Ontario. Education policy and program…
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Winners of the Ontario Public Student Trustee Leadership Scholarship announced
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) and the Public Board Council of OSTA-AECO are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021-22 Ontario Public Student Trustee Scholarship: Vandy Widyalankara, Halton DSB Student Trustee, and Michael Yao, Rainbow DSB Student Trustee.