Daily Archives: September 29, 2015

York Catholic board puts Italian language and culture programme on the block at Vaughan schools

Snap decision by board comes without consultation or correct process: programme supporters YORK REGION, ON – York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) is planning on axing a popular Italian language and culture programme that currently runs in 23 of its schools and critics charge the decision was made without consulting families, students, instructors, or the…

CUPE’s education workers escalate job action

TORONTO, ON – Education workers represented across Ontario by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are escalating their job actions today after the latest round of negotiations failed to produce an agreement. “We didn’t see movement on the issues CUPE members sent us to the table to discuss,” said Terri Preston, Chair of the…