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...
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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...
Ministry of Education Update – October 2018
Please see the following updated OPSBA summaries indicated below for information regarding Ministry of Education 2018 B and SB Memoranda. OPSBA Summaries 2018 B Memoranda (funding policy, financial matters) 2018 SB Memoranda (administrative information, clarification...
2019 Prime Minister’s Awards Competition Now Open
Do you know a terrific teacher or early childhood educator? Consider nominating them for a 2019 Prime Minister's Award! This program honours innovative and outstanding elementary and secondary school teachers and early childhood educators who are helping prepare...
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...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – September 28 and 29, 2018
The OPSBA Board of Directors held a meeting on September 28 and 29, 2018, in Toronto. OPSBA President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of the New...
Legislative Update – October 1, 2018
Provincial Education Reform Consultation On September 28, the Ministry of Education released their Consultation: Education in Ontario. The release was the first piece of this consultation and includes an online submission form. Information regarding a...
Public Education Symposium 2019
SAVE THE DATE 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,...
Legislative Update – September 24, 2018
MPPs sat September 15 for a brief session of about 45 minutes to debate Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act. This was followed by an early morning session to continue that debate before members adjourned the legislature to participate in the annual...
Legislative Update – September 17, 2018
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario returned on September 12, earlier than expected, to allow Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark to table the revamped Bill 5, now known as Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act. All of the Tory MPPs present in the chamber voted...
OPSBA in the Media – September 2018
Soaring temps lead to sweltering classrooms in Ontario The Canadian Press, Sept. 5, 2018 TORONTO — Students had to withstand sweltering conditions in classrooms across much of Ontario as temperatures soared on Wednesday, prompting calls for the government to address...
Ministry of Education Update, August 2018
Please see the following updated OPSBA summaries indicated below for information regarding Ministry of Education 2018 B and SB Memoranda. OPSBA Summaries 2018 B Memoranda (funding policy, financial matters) 2018 SB Memoranda (administrative information, clarification...
Legislative Update – September 4, 2018
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for summer recess. MPPs will return on September 24, 2018. Education Funding Update On August 24, the government issued memo B14 -Update: Education Funding for 2018–19. The memo contains information about new...
Legislative Update – August 24, 2018
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is currently adjourned for summer recess. MPPs will return on September 24, 2018. Please see below for an update on recent items. Provincial Education Reform Consultation On August 22, Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Lisa...
The Ontario Road Safety Resource
As walkers, cyclists, and drivers, students make their own decisions on the road. As those entrusted with governing Ontario's public education system, it’s our duty to make sure they’re equipped with all the information they need to be safe. Road safety is...
Legislative Update – August 15, 2018
MPPs rose for summer recess after yesterday's session and return on September 24, 2018. Their return follows the 2018 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, held this year from September 18 to 22, 2018, in Pain Court, Chatham-Kent, Ontario. This is traditionally...
OPSBA in the Media – August 2018
'Hard to get people engaged:' Three Durham school trustee seats already won with no contest Jillian Follert, DurhamRegion.com, Aug. 30, 2018 DURHAM — There are 25 school board trustee seats in Durham — and three of them have already been won, long before the municipal...
Legislative Update – August 7, 2018
Bill 5, Better Local Government Act, 2018 was introduced on July 30 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The legislation affects municipal and regional elections, including reducing the number of Toronto city council wards from 47 to 25 to match...
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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...
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...
Ministry of Education Update – October 2018
Please see the following updated OPSBA summaries indicated below for information regarding Ministry of Education 2018 B and SB Memoranda. OPSBA Summaries 2018 B Memoranda (funding policy, financial matters) 2018 SB Memoranda (administrative information, clarification...
2019 Prime Minister’s Awards Competition Now Open
Do you know a terrific teacher or early childhood educator? Consider nominating them for a 2019 Prime Minister's Award! This program honours innovative and outstanding elementary and secondary school teachers and early childhood educators who are helping prepare...
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...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – September 28 and 29, 2018
The OPSBA Board of Directors held a meeting on September 28 and 29, 2018, in Toronto. OPSBA President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of the New...
Legislative Update – October 1, 2018
Provincial Education Reform Consultation On September 28, the Ministry of Education released their Consultation: Education in Ontario. The release was the first piece of this consultation and includes an online submission form. Information regarding a...
Public Education Symposium 2019
SAVE THE DATE 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,...
Legislative Update – September 24, 2018
MPPs sat September 15 for a brief session of about 45 minutes to debate Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act. This was followed by an early morning session to continue that debate before members adjourned the legislature to participate in the annual...
Legislative Update – September 17, 2018
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario returned on September 12, earlier than expected, to allow Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark to table the revamped Bill 5, now known as Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act. All of the Tory MPPs present in the chamber voted...
OPSBA in the Media – September 2018
Soaring temps lead to sweltering classrooms in Ontario The Canadian Press, Sept. 5, 2018 TORONTO — Students had to withstand sweltering conditions in classrooms across much of Ontario as temperatures soared on Wednesday, prompting calls for the government to address...
Ministry of Education Update, August 2018
Please see the following updated OPSBA summaries indicated below for information regarding Ministry of Education 2018 B and SB Memoranda. OPSBA Summaries 2018 B Memoranda (funding policy, financial matters) 2018 SB Memoranda (administrative information, clarification...
Legislative Update – September 4, 2018
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for summer recess. MPPs will return on September 24, 2018. Education Funding Update On August 24, the government issued memo B14 -Update: Education Funding for 2018–19. The memo contains information about new...
Legislative Update – August 24, 2018
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is currently adjourned for summer recess. MPPs will return on September 24, 2018. Please see below for an update on recent items. Provincial Education Reform Consultation On August 22, Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Lisa...
The Ontario Road Safety Resource
As walkers, cyclists, and drivers, students make their own decisions on the road. As those entrusted with governing Ontario's public education system, it’s our duty to make sure they’re equipped with all the information they need to be safe. Road safety is...
Legislative Update – August 15, 2018
MPPs rose for summer recess after yesterday's session and return on September 24, 2018. Their return follows the 2018 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, held this year from September 18 to 22, 2018, in Pain Court, Chatham-Kent, Ontario. This is traditionally...
OPSBA in the Media – August 2018
'Hard to get people engaged:' Three Durham school trustee seats already won with no contest Jillian Follert, DurhamRegion.com, Aug. 30, 2018 DURHAM — There are 25 school board trustee seats in Durham — and three of them have already been won, long before the municipal...
Legislative Update – August 7, 2018
Bill 5, Better Local Government Act, 2018 was introduced on July 30 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The legislation affects municipal and regional elections, including reducing the number of Toronto city council wards from 47 to 25 to match...