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  • OPSBA Connects – Ontario Education News

    OPSBA Connects is OPSBA’s blog featuring articles published as soon as possible after the news becomes available, giving you the Ontario education sector news you need to help make informed decisions at the board level. Check out OPSBA Connects now!

  • What is OPSBA working on this year? Find out in our new Key Work booklet

    OPSBA is an issue-driven organization and exists to provide for the service needs of its members, whose role is to advocate for and provide public education. The priorities for the Association are described in the publication of the Key Work of OPSBA. The 2018-19 version of this booklet is now available on the OPSBA website.…

  • Legislative Update – November 5, 2018

    November 5 to 9 is a constituency week for MPPs and they return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 12. On November 1, Vic Fedeli, Minister of Finance, announced that the 2018 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review will be tabled on November 15. Early on November 5, the Premier announced a cabinet…

  • Ontario celebrates Treaties Recognition Week

    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. As part of our support of the Calls to Action of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), school boards are recognizing the second annual…

  • Equal Voice launches 2019 Daughters of the Vote

    Daughters of the Vote (DoV) will be held in April 2019. Equal Voice will be selecting 338 young women (18 to 23-years-old) from across Canada – one from every federal riding – to take part in a multi-partisan leadership program. One highlight of this program is a morning sitting in the House of Commons. In…

  • Legislative Update – October 29, 2018

    Provincial Education Reform Consultation – Online Survey Open Part 3, the online survey, of the Ministry of Education’s Consultation: Education in Ontario is now available. The online survey includes approximately 40 questions that are broken down into general respondent information followed by specific questions about STEM, Job Skills, Testing, Financial Literacy, Cell Phones, Health &…

  • Legislative Update – October 18, 2018

    Provincial Education Reform Consultation – Telephone Town Halls Begin Tomorrow! On October 18, we were notified that the second component of the ministry’s education reform consultation will begin October 19 in the Northwestern region of the province. This component includes a series of 90 minute telephone town halls across Ontario. OPSBA has created a chart…

  • Health & Safety Training from the Public Services Health & Safety Association

    The Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA) provides health and safety training for the public services sector, including the education sector. Upcoming education sector sessions include Certification Part 2 Education Sector Specific Hazards Training and Certification, Part 2 General Workplace Specific Hazards Training and Effective Joint Health and Safety Committees (JHSC). Click here to…

  • OPSBA statement regarding seat belts on school buses

    ​”Student safety is a priority for all our school boards and the issue of school bus safety and the use of seat belts on school buses is an important one.   School boards trust their school transportation operators put the safety of students first and that they adhere to all bus safety regulations and standards. The…

  • Legislative Update – October 15, 2018

    MPPs return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on October 15, 2018. Bill 36, Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 On October 11, OPSBA sent a submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy. Clause-by-clause consideration will be held on October 15 and the bill (with amendments or not) will report back to the House…

  • Public Education Symposium 2019

    Online Registration Program Outline OPSBA’s 2019 Public Education Symposium (PES) will take place in Toronto, January 24 to 26.  PES is the premier professional learning event of the year for school board trustees and offers outstanding keynote speakers who are experts in their field, dynamic, stimulating and interactive sessions, opportunities to discuss the future of…

  • Legislative Update – October 9, 2018

    MPPs have a constituency week following Thanksgiving and will return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on October 15, 2018. Provincial Education Reform Consultation On September 28, the Ministry of Education released its Consultation: Education in Ontario. This online submission form was the first piece of this consultation with a separate online survey and telephone…