by OSTA-AECO | Feb 23, 2022 | Blogs, Newsroom, Press Releases, Student Equity
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION AND STAFF OF THE ONTARIO CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARDS Dear Catholic school boards of Ontario, We are writing to you in our capacity as the representatives of the more than half a million students in Catholic school... by OSTA-AECO | Jun 9, 2021 | Newsroom, Press Releases, Student Equity
An act of terrorism that has killed three generations of a Muslim family and orphaned a young boy has disheartened students across Ontario. We mourn the Afzaal-Salman families and we offer our sincerest condolences to the victims’ friends and families. OSTA-AECO... by OSTA-AECO | May 17, 2021 | Blogs, Newsroom, Press Releases, Student Equity
Today on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, OSTA-AECO and 10 other provincial stakeholders are issuing this joint statement calling upon the Ontario government to take action in supporting our 2SLGBTQ+ students in all publicly-funded...
by Emma Schuster | Apr 12, 2019 | Student Equity
The Possibilities of Blended Learning The sheer number of courses available for Ontario high school students is amazing, but rural schools often struggle to offer the same wide variety of courses for their students. Whether it’s because of a lack of interest or...
by Sally Meseret | Feb 27, 2019 | Student Equity
Equitable Leadership in Education The leaders of our education system strive to cultivate excellence from the students they serve, but they are fundamentally not representative of them. For example, within Ontario, “26% of students are racialized, whereas only 13% of...
by Faye Rozario | Nov 9, 2018 | Student Equity
Red Alert: Free the Flow I am sure that no one has ever entered a school washroom across our province expecting toilet paper to not be available. I would assume that no student has ever carried an emergency roll of it in their backpack, perhaps two just in case. It...