Today I want to comment on an Ontario issue. The Toronto Star has started a series on the teaching in Ontario (see the list below). In particular, it is focussing on the profession’s self-regulating body, the Ontario College of Teachers. This is an issue close to me as I remain in good standing with the [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/10/03/ontario%e2%80%99s-experiment-with-self-regulating-teachers-is-not-going-well/
Below you will find the text of our letter to André Marin, the Ontario Ombudsman, expressing our concerns about the way the Ontario College of Teachers has handled its mandate to police the profession, and how it treated Jim Black, a whistleblower who spoke out against the reinstatement of sexual offenders. ================================================= 27 May 2011 [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/05/30/media-update-for-may-30-2011/
I include a number of stories on misconduct in the Ontario education system today to illustrate the need for the Ontario Ombudsman to have investigative powers in this sector. The lead story (they’re in reverse chronological order) just broke yesterday and involves a teacher and administrator who stole $800,000. The whistleblower who exposed him, Robert [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/01/28/media-update-for-january-28-2011/