On half of the entire @EdCamp905 team thank you to everyone who attended #edcamp905 rich discussions, networking, learning. It's what #edcamp is all about! Special thanks the the amazing team of volunteers! @ONeducation teachers are amazing and commitment! It was just a start!

The Ford government is escalating its fight to cancel all summer meetings of the committee responsible for vetting PC appointees to provincial agencies & boards, now taking the dispute to the Speaker. Critics say it’s “astonishing the lengths they’ll go to not be held accountable.” But the government argues historically, this committee has never met during breaks.

Happening now outside TDSB headquarters: parents speak out against expected cuts to staff, programs & services next year. “Ford has money for a private jet, a luxury spa, a highway mega project & pay raises for himself and his fellow MPPs. It’s time for this government to choose public education over friends.” The board has justified the cuts, explaining 5,000 fewer students are expected to enrol next year.

RT @PeelSchools: Congratulations to Rasulan Q. Hoppie and Gurdarshan Gill who received the Visionary Award from the University of Toronto M…

NEW: Ontario’s education unions are officially serving notice to bargain today. Among their demands: • smaller class sizes (capped at 24 students for grades 4-8, and 26 for kindergarten) • ending mandatory e-learning for high school students • spec ed investments

NEW: The Ford government just used its majority to pass a motion to take an extended 21-week break from the Ontario legislature. MPPs will return to their desks just days before Halloween. globalnews.ca/news/11886996/… #onpoli

New: Education unions are set to trigger bargaining this week, kicking off a tight summer timeline to reach a deal before contracts expire. Anticipating tough negotiations, unions had asked to start talks earlier, but Paul Calandra tells me there’s “more than enough time.”

RT @PeelSchools: June is Pride Month! A celebration of the diversity, joy and contributions of Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA communities. Across…

Thousands of protesters accused the Ford government of privatizing public hospitals at a rally at Queen’s Park on Thursday. Given the government’s significant investments in private clinics, I ask the health minister if Ontario is now operating a two-tier health-care system:

Asked why trustees are being restricted from attending conferences while he attended an education forum overseas, Calandra argued the two are not comparable: “The difference is, I’m the minister of the Crown, responsible for a $43 billion ministry." thetrillium.ca/insider-news/…

I delegated @DPCDSBSchools last night in support of flying the Pride flag. Before the meeting even started the police had to called in. In what has to be one of the most disgraceful outcomes for a Catholic Board I've seen in a long time, the motion to fly the Pride flag outside the board office and schools did not even receive a 2nd and so was not voted on. A second motion to allow the indigenous flag to fly every day as requested by our indigenous community received the same disrespectful treatment. TY @breacorbet for being the lone voice in support of students and staff

New FOI data: majority of Ontario students are rejecting the Ford government’s e-learning mandate. 70% of the first graduating class opted out or were exempt. The province calls it a tool for digital literacy. Critics say it's a cost-cutting measure: thetrillium.ca/news/educatio…

NEW: An exhaustive review of roughly 200 flights in Doug Ford’s calendars reveal he essentially stopped flying commercial in late 2025, switching almost entirely to private flights. Opposition blasted him during question period, but Ford insists he’s better than former premiers

There’s an oft-repeated spending scandal in Canadian politics that always serves as a reminder that taxpayers care about the dollars and cents, no matter how small. Bev Oda’s $16 glass of orange juice. theglobeandmail.com/news/pol… Today, the Ford government revealed nearly $200,000 in taxpayer dollars were spent to acquire a $28.9 million plane for the Premier, that was subsequently sold amid scandal. globalnews.ca/news/11848076/… #onpoli

Doug Ford mocked students for taking “basket-weaving courses” and blowing OSAP money on “luxury watches and colognes.” A new report shows less than 1% of OSAP funds were misused. Less. Than. 1%. He invented a crisis to cut student aid – then pulled $30 million from people’s pockets to buy himself a luxury private jet. I’ll keep fighting this government until the cuts to OSAP are reversed.

One of the toughest jobs in education is being a principal. Every day, principals are balancing mandates, district expectations, meetings, parent concerns, student needs, staffing issues, budgets, discipline, testing pressures, and a thousand other responsibilities most people never see. And somehow in the middle of all that, the best principals still find ways to encourage their teachers. They show up in classrooms. They check on people. They celebrate small wins. They protect staff when they can. They try to keep morale up even when they’re exhausted themselves. Great principals live in the tension between leading systems and leading people. And the ones who never lose sight of their staff in the middle of all the pressure deserve more appreciation than they often receive. To the principals who continue fighting for kids while also trying to support, encourage, value, and appreciate their teachers: Thank you. Your staff may not always see everything you do behind the scenes, but your presence, support, and leadership matter more than you know. Education is still a people business. And great principals never forget that. @NAESP @NASSP

RT @ETFOeducators: Minister Calandra says he doesn't want "a big, long, prolonged strike" during the upcoming round of bargaining. @etfop…

RT @PeelSchools: “It started with a few racks of clothing… just something small to help.” Back in 2018, Giulia Scarola, an Educational Ass…

RT @PeelSchools: “I’ve been with Peel District School Board for 23 years, but really, this journey started long before that.” Rob Ridley l…

NEW: Government-supervised school board mistakenly distributes email identifying teachers at risk of layoffs, raising serious privacy concerns & prompting Ontario's privacy watchdog to look into the incident. My first official byline with @Thetrilliumca: thetrillium.ca/insider-news/…