Annual OSSTF Toronto/ETT Pride Brunch, Dyke March and Pride Parade OSSTF Toronto and the Elementary Teachers of Toronto will once again co-host the Pride Brunch before the Dyke March.  This year’s Pride Brunch is being held at Spirit’s Bar and Grill.  Commencing at 12:30, Members are invited to celebrate Pride with a drink and... Read More

OSSTF Toronto By-election results  In accordance with our constitution, at last night’s TTBU Council a By-election was held to fill a vacancy in the position of Executive officer on the TTBU Executive.  Results are as follows: First Ballot: Rick Beer  22 Jenny Chen 61 – Elected Rony Masri  20 (vote results are published in order... Read More

Board response to concern re advance student access to marks In the past couple of months a number of schools have reported the above-noted concern. OSSTF Toronto shared this concern with the TDSB.  Recently the TDSB responded as follows: “It appears that there is a TDSB application called e-reg that is used primarily by external […] Read More

Final Reminder: District Annual General Meeting The District Annual General Meeting and end of year BBQ is coming up at The Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre on Thursday, June 15 directly after the TTBU Council Meeting. This is a final reminder of the deadline for on time motions to this meeting – today, Friday, May 26th, at 4:30 […] Read More

2017 Annual General Meeting and Celebration Dinner All Toronto Teacher members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Celebration Dinner being held at the Don Valley Hotel and Suites on Thursday, May 18, 2017 – an evening of reunion as we come together as a collective from our various work sites across the city to […] Read More

The Toronto 2017 North American Indigenous Games (July 16 to 23, 2017) – Call for Volunteers! From July 16 to 23, 2017, the City of Toronto will be the proud Host City to the 2017 North American Indigenous Games – expected to be the largest sporting and cultural gathering of Indigenous people, welcoming more than […] Read More

2017 OSSTF Toronto Teachers Bargaining Unit Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Registration is open This year, the AGM takes place on Thursday, May 18, 2017. There are two components to the AGM, the first, being a business meeting where reports are made, motions are debated and constitutional changes are approved. As well, every second... Read More

Staffing Update The numbers continue to look better year over year, continuing the trend of ease to declining enrolment in the secondary panel of the TDSB. Total numbers surplus to school for the 2017-2018 staffing process 326 FTE;  Number of known vacancies: 112.5 FTE Last year: Tentative surplus to school 439.5 FTE; 71.5 FTE vacancies […] Read More

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Annual Report and Annual General Meeting Today, Thursday, April 6, 2017 is the AGM for the OTPP.  Members are invited to attend, or to watch the live stream. Members unable to make the meeting can watch it live on webcast or watch a recording of the meeting at your convenience. The Annual […] Read More

2014-17 Collective Agreement now (finally!) available on line Members can now find a copy of the 2014-17 Collective Agreement on our website.  It has been months since ratification, and in that time our Negotiations Team worked with the Board to reorganize, renumber and edit the Agreement so that the central and local clauses are easily […] Read More