Re: Letter to the editor (May 2010)
Whenever I consider the lives of my three adult daughters, I cannot help but feel pride in the victories my generation has won while at the same time wondering at the many challenges women still face in achieving equity.
Advocacy and social justice work at theOntario Teachers’ Federation takes many forms. OTF has a long-standing interest in supporting teachers and students notonly across the province but also nationally and internationally.
Why are some teachers driven to question the way things are in their schools? Why do some refuse to tolerate injustice when they notice it?
Early Learning Program is the most dramatic transformation in the structure of elementary education that we have seen in years.
Over the last several years the provincial government has launched various safe schools initiatives. Studies were conducted and safe school teams established. There was greater recognition of and emphasis on the harmful effects of bullying and cyber bullying.
If you are a woman with a disability living in Canada, you have lots of company –over 2.3 million people, in fact. You are a part of the 17.7 percent of women in the adult population who report, as Statistics Canada phrases it, an “activity limitation.”
Last fall, after reporting that the province is facing a $24.7 billion deficit, Premier McGuinty and Finance Minister Dwight Duncan began to muse publicly about how to cut government costs.