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Our Victories Prove We Are Stronger When We Work Together

Sharon O'Halloran

With bargaining, public campaigns, government submissions, legal challenges, the return to in-person programs at the provincial office and all of the other work that ETFO does in service to our members, the fall has been an extremely busy time.

ETFO Voice Editor Izida Zorde

From the Editor

Izida Zorde
The winter issue of Voice focusses on the victories ETFO has achieved in solidarity with other education and public sector unions, as well as some of the incredible work our members are doing in the classroom to advance progressive conversations in Ontario and to support their students.
Izida Zorde posing in her office

From the Editor

Izida Zorde
With the summer women’s issue of Voice, we recognize not only the important contributions of ETFO women members but also the differential impacts of the pandemic and all of the cuts from the Ford Conservative government on women and other marginalized groups.
Sarah Lowes standing next to sign for saving farms

How Citizens Can Catalyze Change

Sarah Lowes
As Sarah Lowes writes that a just and equitable recovery from the pandemic challenges our governments to think creatively while making decisions based on science and evidence.
Doug Ford and Stephen Lecce walking down hallway with red lockers

True Colours

Federico Carvajal

Federico Carvajal reflects on the Ford government’s flawed plan for school reopening in September.

Continuing to Stand Together

Sam Hammond

As elementary educators in Ontario you have embarked on an unprecedented year, returning to your classrooms after a historic shutdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Advocating for the Health & Safety

Sharon O’Halloran

With the beginning of the school year quickly approaching as I write this in the first days of September, ETFO is ever more mindful of how important it is to get school reopening right and to ensure health and safety of both educators and students.

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