Teachers

After a seven-year wait, part-time and sessional faculty across Ontario’s 24 colleges are on the brink of gaining union representation, according to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO). On …

Educators crying in their cars, trying to convince themselves they can get through another day. Bite marks, bruises, and the daily fear of violence from the elementary students they teach. …

School is out for the summer but the province has a lot of homework to get done in the next few months. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) ratified a …

By Lauren Phillips, The Coast Stop me when you disagree: Workplace violence is not appropriate. Disproportionate workplace violence is not appropriate. Those being disproportionately harmed should be included in a discussion about ways to address …

Ontario public school board teachers have a Charter-protected right against unreasonable search and seizure in the workplace, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The top court’s decision came Friday …

The Supreme Court of Canada will not delve into a dispute between Nova Scotia and its teachers union that stretches back several years.  The province’s Supreme Court ruled two years …

The protection of the safety of workers is an essential obligation on all Ontario employers. Under subsection 43(3) of Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, employees …

Ontario’s major teachers’ unions are welcoming a change in education ministers in a cabinet shuffle, saying they hope it signals a new path forward with Premier Doug Ford’s government. Stephen …

Teachers in Saskatchewan are set to begin work-to-rule next week with contract negotiations at an impasse. The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation says indefinite, provincewide work-to-rule will start Monday. It says the …