Toronto, December 16, 2009 -Yesterday, Bill 177, the Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act received Royal Assent. This concludes a legislative process that began over a year ago with the creation of a Governance Review Committee (GRC) and consultation...
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OPSBA Surveying the World on Learning Technologies
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, December 17, 2009 - Earlier this year, the Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) released a Discussion Paper entitled: What If? Technology in the 21st Century Classroom. As school trustees, we want to be part of developing a provincial vision and...
Catherine Fife Acclaimed as President of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, June 7, 2010- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Catherine Fife was acclaimed as President of OPSBA at the Annual General Meeting held on June 5, 2010.Since 2007, Catherine has served as Vice-President. She has...
Let’s Come to our Census
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, July 20, 2010 - School boards make sound policy decisions based on current, accurate, and reliable data. The federal government's recent decision to eliminate the census's mandatory long form questionnaire undermines access to a whole range of valid...
Bruce Stonefish elected as First Nations Director to OPSBA
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, September 1, 2010 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Bruce Stonefish, a trustee with the Lambton Kent District School Board, has been elected as the Association's First Nations Director. Bruce will be supported...
OPSBA joins Peel Board in asking the federal government to extend deadline for matching school donations
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, September 7, 2010 - With more than one-fifth of Pakistan flooded, and 17 million people affected, the area has become a major focus of worldwide humanitarian relief efforts. According to the Government of Pakistan, more than 1,600 people have died. Millions...
The Public Education System in Ontario is World Class
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, September 10, 2010 - On February 1, 1990, ABC World News Tonight aired a five-minute newscast on "The Best School System in the World" which featured Ontario and was viewed by 20 million viewers all over North America. Bill Blakemore, a reporter for ABC...
The Debate on Banning Cell Phones Misses the Mark
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, September 16, 2010 -"In a very real sense our challenge is not about machines and devices; it is about what learning should look like in the 21st century classroom," said Catherine Fife, president of the Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA). "For...
Lessons in Local Democracy
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, October 14, 2010 -Canadians have been electing their peers to local school boards for more than two hundred years. Local school trustees are our neighbours. They come from all walks of life. They are parents, business people, professionals, tradespeople, and...
Honouring Shannen’s Dream
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, November 16, 2010 - Shannen Koostachin was a youth leader in Attawapiskat. She came to national attention through her struggle to get the federal government to build a school in her James Bay community. Last May, Shannen died in a tragic road accident. For...
Flexibility in Options is Essential
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, December 15, 2010 -The Ontario Public School Boards' Association wholeheartedly embraces the fundamental importance of full-day early learning. It is a commitment to the children of the province to provide a solid foundation for success in school and in...
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) welcomes the Bell Let’s Talk campaign
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, February 8, 2011 -"We commend Bell for taking corporate leadership in beginning a national and very vital conversation about mental health through its Let's Talk campaign," said Catherine Fife, president of OPSBA. "OPSBA advocates particularly for conditions...
Services to newcomer children and their families compromised
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, February 25, 2011 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is hard pressed to understand the decisions made by the federal government with respect to cuts in funding to Ontario's settlement sector. As the provincial organization representing...
Stable Funding Supports a Strong Publicly Funded Education System
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, March 29, 2011 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) views today's budget announcement related to education funding as positive evidence of the provincial government's continued commitment to the value of a strong publicly funded education...
Let’s Put Our Heads Together
2016 5/17 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, May 31, 2011 - The Coalition for Children and Youth Mental Health unites education, mental health, community and health sectors in a movement to promote the priority of social and emotional well-being as a part of healthy child development in Ontario and to...
Political Leadership with a Focus on Children and Youth – OPSBA Member Boards Challenge all Provincial Candidates
2016 5/17 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, May 17, 2011 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) takes a non-partisan approach in its strategies to raise public awareness and engage politicians in issues that focus on the needs and well-being of children and youth. The education...
Catherine Fife Acclaimed as President of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association
2016 5/17 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, July 15, 2011 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Catherine Fife was acclaimed as President of OPSBA at the Annual General Meeting held on July 9, 2011. During this particularly active year, Catherine Fife has...
Lori Lukinuk named to Ophea’s Board of Directors
2016 5/17 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, August 9, 2011 - OPSBA is pleased to announce that the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (Ophea) has appointed OPSBA's First Vice-President Lori Lukinuk to its Board of Directors. Ophea is currently implementing a new organizational structure...
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School Boards Look Ahead to Next Steps in School Board Governance
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, December 16, 2009 -Yesterday, Bill 177, the Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act received Royal Assent. This concludes a legislative process that began over a year ago with the creation of a Governance Review Committee (GRC) and consultation...
OPSBA Surveying the World on Learning Technologies
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, December 17, 2009 - Earlier this year, the Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) released a Discussion Paper entitled: What If? Technology in the 21st Century Classroom. As school trustees, we want to be part of developing a provincial vision and...
Catherine Fife Acclaimed as President of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, June 7, 2010- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Catherine Fife was acclaimed as President of OPSBA at the Annual General Meeting held on June 5, 2010.Since 2007, Catherine has served as Vice-President. She has...
Let’s Come to our Census
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, July 20, 2010 - School boards make sound policy decisions based on current, accurate, and reliable data. The federal government's recent decision to eliminate the census's mandatory long form questionnaire undermines access to a whole range of valid...
Bruce Stonefish elected as First Nations Director to OPSBA
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, September 1, 2010 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Bruce Stonefish, a trustee with the Lambton Kent District School Board, has been elected as the Association's First Nations Director. Bruce will be supported...
OPSBA joins Peel Board in asking the federal government to extend deadline for matching school donations
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, September 7, 2010 - With more than one-fifth of Pakistan flooded, and 17 million people affected, the area has become a major focus of worldwide humanitarian relief efforts. According to the Government of Pakistan, more than 1,600 people have died. Millions...
The Public Education System in Ontario is World Class
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, September 10, 2010 - On February 1, 1990, ABC World News Tonight aired a five-minute newscast on "The Best School System in the World" which featured Ontario and was viewed by 20 million viewers all over North America. Bill Blakemore, a reporter for ABC...
The Debate on Banning Cell Phones Misses the Mark
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, September 16, 2010 -"In a very real sense our challenge is not about machines and devices; it is about what learning should look like in the 21st century classroom," said Catherine Fife, president of the Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA). "For...
Lessons in Local Democracy
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, October 14, 2010 -Canadians have been electing their peers to local school boards for more than two hundred years. Local school trustees are our neighbours. They come from all walks of life. They are parents, business people, professionals, tradespeople, and...
Honouring Shannen’s Dream
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, November 16, 2010 - Shannen Koostachin was a youth leader in Attawapiskat. She came to national attention through her struggle to get the federal government to build a school in her James Bay community. Last May, Shannen died in a tragic road accident. For...
Flexibility in Options is Essential
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, December 15, 2010 -The Ontario Public School Boards' Association wholeheartedly embraces the fundamental importance of full-day early learning. It is a commitment to the children of the province to provide a solid foundation for success in school and in...
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) welcomes the Bell Let’s Talk campaign
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, February 8, 2011 -"We commend Bell for taking corporate leadership in beginning a national and very vital conversation about mental health through its Let's Talk campaign," said Catherine Fife, president of OPSBA. "OPSBA advocates particularly for conditions...
Services to newcomer children and their families compromised
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, February 25, 2011 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is hard pressed to understand the decisions made by the federal government with respect to cuts in funding to Ontario's settlement sector. As the provincial organization representing...
Stable Funding Supports a Strong Publicly Funded Education System
2016 5/18 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, March 29, 2011 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) views today's budget announcement related to education funding as positive evidence of the provincial government's continued commitment to the value of a strong publicly funded education...
Let’s Put Our Heads Together
2016 5/17 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, May 31, 2011 - The Coalition for Children and Youth Mental Health unites education, mental health, community and health sectors in a movement to promote the priority of social and emotional well-being as a part of healthy child development in Ontario and to...
Political Leadership with a Focus on Children and Youth – OPSBA Member Boards Challenge all Provincial Candidates
2016 5/17 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, May 17, 2011 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) takes a non-partisan approach in its strategies to raise public awareness and engage politicians in issues that focus on the needs and well-being of children and youth. The education...
Catherine Fife Acclaimed as President of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association
2016 5/17 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, July 15, 2011 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Catherine Fife was acclaimed as President of OPSBA at the Annual General Meeting held on July 9, 2011. During this particularly active year, Catherine Fife has...
Lori Lukinuk named to Ophea’s Board of Directors
2016 5/17 | Hide From Homepage, Media releases
Toronto, August 9, 2011 - OPSBA is pleased to announce that the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (Ophea) has appointed OPSBA's First Vice-President Lori Lukinuk to its Board of Directors. Ophea is currently implementing a new organizational structure...
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