OECTA

Underfunded Budget Continues Ford Government Assault on Publicly Funded Education, Say Catholic Teachers

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Catholic teachers want nothing more than to do the job they love in a productive and safe learning environment.

Key Points: 
  • Catholic teachers want nothing more than to do the job they love in a productive and safe learning environment.
  • This budget continues the Ford government’s plan to underfund core education spending by $6 billion over the next five years, as projected by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO).
  • All of this suggests that, at best, the government is indifferent to students’ academic, mental health, and well-being needs; and, at worst, that they are actively engaged in undermining publicly funded education.
  • Catholic teachers continue to hold out hope that, at some point, this government will place as much emphasis on student development as they do on building developments.

NEWLY ELECTED 2023-25 OECTA PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE

Retrieved on: 
Monday, March 13, 2023

TORONTO, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- René Jansen in de Wal has been elected President of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) at OECTA’s Annual General Meeting in Toronto.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- René Jansen in de Wal has been elected President of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) at OECTA’s Annual General Meeting in Toronto.
  • René will begin his two-year term on July 1, 2023,
    René has been a member of OECTA’s Provincial Executive since 2017 and currently serves as First Vice-President of the Association.
  • A high school teacher and member of OECTA’s Toronto Secondary Unit, René has been teaching for more than 30 years.
  • In everyone there is something special, and something to learn from.”
    Joining President-elect Jansen in de Wal, OECTA’s newly elected Provincial Executive members are:
    Past President – Barb Dobrowolski, Eastern
    First Vice-President – Chris Cowley, Brant Haldimand Norfolk
    Second Vice-President – Anthony Rocchio, Sudbury Elementary
    Third Vice-President – Diana Corazza, York
    OTF Table Officer – Andrew Robertson, Dufferin-Peel Secondary

MEDIA ADVISORY: ONTARIO ENGLISH CATHOLIC TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Retrieved on: 
Saturday, March 11, 2023

More than 800 participants will attend the Annual General Meeting as representatives of OECTA’s 45,000 members.

Key Points: 
  • More than 800 participants will attend the Annual General Meeting as representatives of OECTA’s 45,000 members.
  • Over the course of the three-day meeting, delegates will elect Provincial Executive members for the 2023-24 year and attend to the business of the Association.
  • OECTA represents the almost 45,000 professionals who teach all grades in publicly funded English Catholic schools in Ontario.