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OSTA-AECO elects executive council for 2020–2021 school year; new president and team begin terms on August 1
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...
OPSBA and OSTA-AECO announce winners of the Ontario Public Student Trustee Scholarship
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association and the Public Board Council of OSTA-AECO are pleased to announce the winners of the first ever Ontario Public Student Trustee Scholarship. This scholarship is based on an outstanding initiative accomplished during the...
OSTA-AECO condemns acts of anti-black racism
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...
OSTA-AECO distance learning recommendations
Unlike other blog posts, this article represents an official stance of OSTA-AECO. OSTA-AECO-COVID-19-Distance-Learning-RecommendationsDownload RE: Recommendations Regarding Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic Dear Minister Lecce: Unprecedented times have...
Student Trustee Elections during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This year, due to the unexpected circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, although it is student trustee election season for Ontario’s students, election procedures have changed as each school board works to find a way to elect student trustees in this new environment. OSTA-AECO is providing recommendations to boards with student trustees’ and board’s best interests in mind.
Students urge government to recognize the magnitude of funding cuts
For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – In a series of memoranda sent to school boards on the evening of December 14, 2018, the provincial government announced their plans to cut $25 million from the Education Program - Other (EPO) funding brought in by the previous...
Students welcome Provincial Government’s announcement of an updated curriculum
Modernizing education curriculum. OSTA-AECO anticipates consultation. For Immediate Release Toronto, ON — The Ontario Student Trustees’ Association – l’Association des élèves conseillers et conseillères de l’Ontario (OSTA-AECO) welcomes the Ministry of Education’s...
Student voice should be at the heart of every education consultation
Toronto, ON – Students should always be at the center of any form of consultation, and their voices should always be at the forefront of any discussions regarding changes to our publicly- funded education system according to the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association –...
Students welcome Provincial Government’s strong commitment to education
For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – The Ontario Student Trustees’ Association - l'Association des élèves conseillers et conseillères de l’Ontario welcomes the provincial government’s release of the 2018-2019 Grants for Student Needs (GSN). In January 2018,...
Students welcome Provincial Government’s announcement supporting rural and Northern Ontario school communities
Halt of all community Pupil Accommodations Reviews while enhancing funding supports for Ontario students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, ON — The Ontario Student Trustees' Association - l'Association des élèves conseillers et conseillères de l'Ontario (OSTA-AECO)...
