Ensuring that Every Vote Counts (Disability Issues)
On March 17, 2008, Peter Hughes went to vote in a federal by-election. The polling station was located down a long flight of stairs. The solution?
Democracy
A Vote for Your Rights (Collective Bargaining)
Within the next couple of months you will receive notification that your ETFO local is holding a vote to ratify the preliminary submission for the upcoming round of negotiations.
Going Outside to Create Tomorrow's Engaged Citizen
Every year I take my grade 6 class to my childhood playground – not the metal monkey bars, swings, or asphalt tarmac that most children think of as a “playground” but the open fields, streams, and forests near Shelburne, Ontario where I spent countless hours exploring, climbing trees, collecting tadpoles, and building forts.
Student Vote
They were deeply involved in the federal election. They met the candidates. They researched party platforms and positions. They argued and debated.
Teachers: Pillars of Democracy
Each new school year brings with it the excitement of fresh faces in the classroom, smiles and laughter, and the shared energy of learning together. September inevitably zooms by, and, as teachers, we find ourselves once again completely immersed in the work of teaching and learning, and in
