ACTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS
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OECTA maintains strong ties to other unions, education affiliates and social justice organizations that advocate for quality jobs, peace and justice in our society.

Bullying

"Teachers targeted by student bullies": workplace bullying survey co-authored by OECTA

Bullying Resources
Bullying prevention workshops, resources, links and survey reports

Childcare

• The Child Care Resource and Research Unit
  Focuses on early childhood care and education research and policy. Its mandate is to advance the idea of a publicly-funded, universally accessible, comprehensive, high quality, not-for-profit system of early childhood care and education in Canada
• Early Years Study: Final Report, April 1999
  Authors: Margaret N. McCain and J. Fraser Mustard
  Report details evidence that the period of early child development is equal to or, in some cases, greater in importance for the quality of the next generation than the periods children and youth spend in elementary education or post-secondary education
• Early Years Study: Three Years Later, August 2002
  Authors: Margaret N. McCain and J. Fraser Mustard
• It takes a village... A vision for successful school councils
  A study containing 13 recommendations commissioned by the Catholic education community that responds to the Ontario Ministry of Education's discussion paper on School Councils
• Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum Updates

Employment Insurance Fairness is a Canadian Labour Congress campaign to lobby the government to implement the recommendations for EI reform made by the federal Human Rights and Skills Development Committee. www.canadianlabour.ca

Make Poverty History is the slogan of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty campaign, which includes more than 70 countries. www.makepovertyhistory.ca

Vote No War initiates campaigns and provides tools for activitists to end war and racisim, prejudice and exploitation worldwide. www.votenowar.org

Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty
Child poverty in Canada is on the rise. Log on to Campaign 2000 and send a message to the Prime Minister, leaders of the Opposition and your MP letting them know that it's time to deliver on their promise to Canada's children and families www.campaign2000.ca

New Physical Activity Strategy
ACTIVE2010 is a new comprehensive strategy to increase participation in sport and physical activity throughout Ontario. www.active2010.ca

Coalitions, Campaigns, Organizations and Social & Economic Justice

OECTA is actively involved in and supports a wide variety of organizations, and social campaigns and coalitions. Among them are:

• Campaign Against Child Poverty
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  An independent, non-profit research organization that promotes research on economic and social policy issues
• Canadian Council for Refugees
• Centre for Social Justice
• Development and Peace
• Employment Insurance Fairness is a Canadian Labour Congress campaign to lobby the government to implement the recommendations for EI reform made by the federal Human Rights and Skills Development Committee
• Kairos Canada
• Maquila Solidarity Network
  A labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity with grassroots groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories and export processing zones
• Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
• Ontario Coalition for Social Justice
• Ontario Health Coalition
• Student Vote
• UNITE HERE Canada
• www.labourcouncil.ca

[The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association provides links to external sites as a service to visitors, and is not responsibile or liable for the content of those sites.]