Articles from Canada
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Union renewal and development 4 July 2019 Heather Smith (1959-2019): Goodbye to a passionate teacher and leader
The international education trade union movement has lost a valued member. After a brief illness, Heather Smith passed away peacefully on June 30th, in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. With a teaching career spanning 34 years, Heather was tireless in her work to improve the daily lives of teachers and students...
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Union growth 16 May 2019 “Education Support Personnel: Shining light on the invisible workforce”, by Philippa Butler.
Philippa Butler
Education Support Personnel (ESP) are a vital part of the education workforce. They help to do all the background tasks and hidden duties that ensure that teachers can teach and students can learn. Together with teachers and school leaders, ESP are responsible for creating and sustaining a school culture where...
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 May 2019 “Trade union research and action: an exchange of views on academic mobbing”, by Jean-Marie Lafortune and Eve Seguin.
Jean-Marie Lafortune, Eve Seguin
In October 2018, the Quebec Federation of University Professors (FQPPU), affiliated to Education International, published a report entitled “Le mobbing en milieu académique : mieux comprendre le phénomène pour mieux l’enrayer” (“Mobbing in an academic environment: understanding the phenomenon better in order to eradicate it better”). Jean-Marie Lafortune, president of...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 December 2018 Inclusive education in Canada: Steps taken and the long road ahead, by Dr. Sherri Brown
Sherri Brown
We are already fully into the snow and cold of winter here in Ottawa, Canada, and the snow is blowing outside as I apply layer onto layer of clothing onto my wiggling 8-year-old son. As I drop him off at school, his educational assistant takes in a gasp of cold...
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 September 2018 Canada: insecure academic contracts are “major sources of stress”
Most academic staff working on contract at Canadian universities and colleges aren’t employed on fixed-term contracts by choice, and job precarity is a major source of stress for academics, a survey of the Canadian Association of University Teachers shows.
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Standards and working conditions 6 September 2018 #EI25: "And if those who are absent were …. right, at times?", by Daniel B. Lafrenière
Daniel B. Lafrenière
There is an old French adage that says “les absents ont toujours tort,” which means that those who are absent are always in the wrong (or always get the blame). But what if they were right after all under certain circumstances? This seems to be the case in the field...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 August 2018 Statement to the G20 Education and Employment Ministers
As the voice of the world’s educators, we welcome the inclusion of education as a priority for the G20, and hope the commitment to education will be ensured moving forward into Japan in 2019.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 June 2018 Canada: EI honours two prominent union leaders from Quebec
The Congress of the Centrale de syndicats du Québec highlighted the importance of education’ trade unions for workers, students and society as a whole, and acknowledged the work of two eminent union leaders, Louise Chabot and Daniel Lafrenière.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 June 2018 Fighting racism with the light of learning, by Glen Hansman
Glen Hansman
Canadian teachers, like our colleagues worldwide, are united in a desire to make the world a better place by confronting social injustices such as racism. In our troubled times, disturbing signs of a resurgent neo-Nazi, white supremacist movement have got teachers across North America talking about how best to confront...
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Equity and inclusion 16 May 2018 Discovering more about Education Support Personnel, by Philippa Butler
Philippa Butler
Education Support Personnel (ESP) play a vital role in promoting quality education, fostering a safe and positive learning environment for all students, and ensuring that schools and education institutions function effectively. ESP cover a wide range of people working in the education sector, such as teaching and learning assistants, school...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 May 2018 #ResNet: Amplifying teacher voice: getting stuck into research, by Philippa Cordingley
Philippa Cordingley
One of the things we are exploring in our research into how different countries construct teachers’ professional identities that will be presented at Education International’s annual Research Network meeting today, is the nature of the links between investing in research-informed teaching and amplifying teachers’ collective professional voice.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 April 2018 Canada’s copyright regime -- who’s afraid of fair dealing? by David Robinson
David Robinson
If you’re looking for a cure for insomnia, then perusing Canada’s Copyright Act[1] might just be what the doctor ordered. The Act weighs in at a hefty 176 pages of dense legal text that is sure to induce somnolent yearnings in even the most caffeinated reader. On the other hand,...
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Union growth 19 March 2018 Passing of outstanding Canadian education unionist
Education International is sad to learn of the passing of Donald C. Savage, an inspiring educator and committed union leader. He was 85.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 February 2018 Canada: trade unions worried by planned reform of university governance
Education unions oppose Bill 234, which would make sweeping changes in the system of governance of the University of Montreal, threatening academic freedom and the university’s collegial governance, and deteriorating working conditions.
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Standards and working conditions 30 January 2018 Canada: Supreme Court finds in favour of teachers and education workers
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada protected teachers’ and public service employees’ collective bargaining rights. The case, brought before the court by the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) against the government of the Canadian province of British Columbia, aimed to hold the government to account and honour...
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Equity and inclusion 3 December 2017 “The Other Kids” by Shelley Moore
Shelley Moore
What about the other kids? As a district consultant for inclusive education, this is one of many zingers that I hear on a daily basis. I am always looking for new ways of answering this question, and then I met Ali.
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Equity and inclusion 1 December 2017 CHANGE
Peggy Blair, Dr. Sheila Bennett, Dr. Jacqueline Specht
An often said and generally accepted universal truth is that CHANGE IS HARD. Certainly, at least in educational circles, volumes of literature and much discussion has centred on this theme. Some might postulate that there is more “discussion” than actual change attempts.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 November 2017 Canadian college instructors forced back to work
A month-long strike has abruptly ended after the Ontario government passed legislation forcing college instructors back to the classroom days after the latest contract offer was rejected and a renewed call for negotiations was made.
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