by OSTA-AECO | Mar 30, 2021 | Newsroom, Press Releases
Students are concerned with the Ministry of Education’s proposed plan to make remote learning a permanent option. Such a change would present many negative impacts for the student body. In 2019, OSTA-AECO released a publication concerning the...
by OSTA-AECO | Dec 23, 2020 | Newsroom, Press Releases
With the cases of COVID-19 on the rise, OSTA-AECO recognizes that the government has taken the necessary actions to lower transmission rates and keep the health and safety of students a priority. While these steps are crucial, we look forward to the government...
by OSTA-AECO | Aug 15, 2020 | Newsroom, Press Releases
OSTA-AECO is concerned about the recent announcement made by the Ministry of Education with respect to the use of school boards’ reserve funds to accommodate for the additional costs of reopening schools in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reliance on...
by OSTA-AECO | Jun 20, 2020 | Newsroom, Press Releases
Yesterday, the Ministry of Education released the Grants for Student Needs (GSN) as well as a reopening plan for schools in September. This upcoming year’s GSN formula has shown a comprehensive focus on the needs of the 2 million students across Ontario. With over one...
by Arjun Dhanjal | Jun 15, 2020 | Newsroom, Press Releases
June 15, 2020 — TORONTO Student trustees across Ontario cast their ballots online last week to determine who would comprise the executive council at OSTA-AECO for the 2020–2021 term. Justine Mackay, a Grade 11 student trustee from Kawartha Pine Ridge District School...
by OSTA-AECO | Jun 9, 2020 | Newsroom, Press Releases
In the past weeks, the senseless murders of black men and women in Canada and America have galvanised national and international recognition of the realities of systematic anti-black racism, discrimination, and brutality that is perpetrated against people of colour...
