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  • Update your voter information this Provincial Voter Registration Month

    March is Provincial Voter Registration Month (PVRM) in Ontario! After a year with a heightened focus on democracy and elections, get prepared for the next provincial election, scheduled to be held on or before June 2, 2022, and add, confirm or update your information on the voters list using Elections Ontario’s online eRegistration tool. Why register? If registered,…

  • York Region District School Board to launch its Dismantling Anti-Black Racism Strategy

    On March 8, 2021, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the York Region DSB will be holding a virtual launch for the release of its anti-Black racism strategy. Dismantling Anti-Black Racism Strategy: Creating anti-racist and Black-affirming learning and working environments will support the Board in its work to address incidents of anti-Black racism and create safer and…

  • 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. Resolutions that are passed at the AGM will be incorporated into the work of OPSBA for 2021-2022.…

  • OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – February 27, 2021

    The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on February 27, 2021. The meeting opened with an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from numerous traditional territories of the Indigenous peoples of Ontario. Education policy and program issues that were discussed in…

  • Prime Minister’s Awards: nomination deadline extended

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nomination period for the 2021 competition for the Prime Minister’s Awards is being extended until April 27, 2021. Canada’s educators are showing resilience and commitment to students in the face of COVID-19. Do you know an exceptional teacher or early childhood educator? Consider nominating them for a 2021 Prime…

  • OPSBA Speaker and PD Series – Matthew R. Morris

    Trustees and senior school board staff are invited to join our next speaker session Thursday, February 25 from noon to 1 p.m., where we will welcome educator and writer Matthew R. Morris for a session entitled Closing The Gaps By Connecting The Bridges: An Anti-Oppression Approach for Public Schools.  Matthew R. Morris is an educator…

  • Legislative Update – February 16, 2021

    The Legislative Assembly of Ontario returns on February 16, 2021. COVID-19 Update As of the morning of February 12, 167 cases of COVID-19 had been reported in publicly funded schools in the past 14 days. This does not include schools in the three public health units (PHUs) – Toronto, Peel, and York Region – in which…

  • The 2020-21 OPSBA Public Property Assessment Network Scholarship

    The Public Property Assessment Network Scholarship is being awarded in the amount of $1,000 to one recipient in each of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association’s (OPSBA) five regions, for three school years – 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22. Scholarship recipients are students of strong character, leadership skills and potential, who care deeply about their communities and…

  • OPSBA Statement on March Break

    “We are tremendously grateful for the incredible dedication and resilience of healthcare workers, frontline workers in long-term care and elsewhere, and indeed for all essential workers during the pandemic. In our sector, we are particularly grateful for and proud of the work that all those working in public education have done for our students. The…

  • Legislative Update – February 8, 2021

    The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains on winter break and is scheduled to return on February 16, 2021. There was speculation that the House would return this week to extend emergency orders but that has not been confirmed. If the state of emergency is not renewed February 9, the province could keep the stay-at-home order…

  • OPSBA in the Media – February 2021

    Teachers, education unions criticize Ford government’s move to delay March breakCBC News, Feb. 12, 2021Some teachers and education unions are criticizing the Ford government’s decision to delay March break this year as part of its effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.More … Ontario delays March break to reduce virus spreadThe Canadian Press, Feb. 11, 2021TORONTO — Ontario is…

  • OPSBA statement on the reopening of schools in Ontario

    “Today’s announcement of the reopening of all schools to in-person learning over the next two weeks is good news for Ontario students and their families. The safety of our students, staff, and school communities is, and has always been, our top priority. We know the pandemic has had an impact on the mental health and…