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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)...
OSTA-AECO encourages OPSBA and OSSTF to put students first
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Student Trustees' Association - l'Association des élèves conseillers et conseillères de l'Ontario (OSTA-AECO) encourages the Ministry of Education, the Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA), and the Ontario...
Student concerns regarding strike action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Student Trustees' Association - l'Association des élèves conseillers et conseillères de l'Ontario (OSTA-AECO) requests that the Ministry of Education, the Ontario Public School Board Association, and the Ontario...
RE: Proposed Pupil Accommodation Review Guideline (PARG) changes in Ontario
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Student Trustees’ Association - l’Association des élèves conseillers et conseillères (OSTA-AECO), as the largest student stakeholder in Ontario, representing over 2 million students across the province, is unsettled...
Students ask for student needs to be reflected in Collective Agreements
Toronto, ON — Ontario students are calling on the government, education unions and school boards to formalize their commitment to “Put Students First” by including the necessary language in all new collective agreements. At 4:00PM on Tuesday Nov. 25th the Public Board...