Let’s work together so there can be Safety for All
Ontarians understand that when education workers and students are at risk, so are the communities in which they live and the families they go home to at the end of every day.
Since March 2020, when the government closed schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSSTF/FEESO has been focused on taking action and finding solutions that would create and sustain safe learning environments, for both education workers and students in every school in the province. We know that improving the quality of publicly-funded education must include creating a system that ensures safety for all.
Ontario needs a long-term vision for publicly-funded education that takes the advice of public health experts seriously and commits the funding needed to ensure our students, families, and education workers have safe learning environments in every publicly-funded school in Ontario. This requires concrete actions that are inclusive of all student needs, and that and support the efforts of the entire education worker team including occasional, casual, and itinerant education workers who provide important services to students.
By working together, we can achieve #SafetyforAll.