Heather Aggus 🇨🇦 (she/her)
@HeatherAggus
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Believer in the power of Collective Action. All posts are my own.
Hamilton, Ontario
Joined February 2011
Violence in any form is never acceptable. Together, we must educate and take action to end all gender-based violence. Make a start online with the UN's “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls” because there is #NoExcuse for online abuse! #EndViolence #onted
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AOC is out in the streets distributing food with volunteers while Congress melts down on cable news. This is what public service actually looks like.
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“Skill-based learning and assessment with 1-on-1 time with students would be much more,” said #ETFO First VP @ShirleyBell8, but only if resources permit that in classrooms. “Student learning is bigger than a mark on a page.” #EQAO #onted #onpoli
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Educators and politicians are urging Ontario’s Ministry of Education to release the much-delayed Education Quality and Accountability Office assessment results.
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A strong message to Premier @fordnation and Minister @PaulCalandra: These are OUR SCHOOLS and this is OUR HOUSE. #onted #onpoli
NEW: Education protesters have rushed up to the front doors of Queen’s Park to protest Bill 33. #onpoli
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The @OFLabour rally headed to QP after the passage of Bill 33. As the crowd chants shame ETFO First VP @ShirleyBell8 explains that this legislation is a complete distraction from the real crisis in #onted. It's a crisis of underfunding and a lack of support for students!
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Education Unions Warn Against Passage of Bill 33 “Ontario’s schools are facing real crises: overcrowded classrooms, rising violence, crumbling infrastructure, and deep cuts to special education. Bill 33 serves to distract from every one of these problems ..." RELEASE:
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This afternoon, @ETFOpresident David Mastin stood alongside NDP Leader @MaritStiles, MPP and Education Critic @ChandraPasma, and affiliate presidents to warn against the passage of Bill 33. This is yet another distraction by the Ford government to turn our attention away from
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"A comprehensive, provincewide #onted review is needed, one that includes meaningful consultation with trustees, educators, and education workers who understand firsthand how funding shortfalls affect students and schools," @etfopresident David Mastin said. "If the government was
villagereport.ca
The education minister said he's tasked supervisors at the school boards under provincial control to 'review the funding formula' and examine whether 'we are indeed spending enough money on special...
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"This budget neglects students. You cannot fund and adequately prepare for the future without investing in our youngest people," said @etfopresident David Mastin to @CityNewsTO's @TinaYazdani when asked about the province's fall fiscal update. Watch the interview here, where
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To bring a message of unity in our joint struggles to defend and improve public education in every region, @ETFOpresident joins the @QPATAPEQ Teachers' Convention with @osstf VP Malini Leahy and @aefopresidence. As workers, solidarity is our greatest strength ✊. #canlab #onted
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People say it must be easy to draw cartoons on Trump. Well, no- this photo says more about Trump than any cartoon I ever drew.
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“The education funding formula, last fully reviewed over 20 years ago, has systematically failed elementary students and schools," said @etfopresident David Mastin following today's fall economic statement. "For nearly three decades, special education, programs for English
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During Holocaust Education Week, we can truly honour all Holocaust victims, survivors, and their descendants by learning and sharing survivor stories to never repeat the past. And every single day, we must also act to shut down antisemitism and hate. #cdnpoli
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This is an important statement from our labour movement. Cuts to services and jobs are not the solution – it’s a shortsighted answer. Governments must invest in ppl and our future. #Budget2025
Our message to Parliament is simple: cuts don’t create jobs. Budget 2025 missed the mark, but MPs can still fix it. Canada’s unions are calling on the government to improve the budget and ensure it delivers for working people.⤵️ https://t.co/KzFmND7b8N
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When the Alberta govt uses the notwithstanding clause to force a contract on workers, it's a despicable attack on all of labour. To the Alberta teachers who have been fighting for smaller classes and student supports, our union stands with you. #canlab #abpoli
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Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill to order 51,000 striking teachers back to work.
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Met with @FairTaxCanada this morning to discuss how @ETFOeducators can help amplify solutions for more fair and progressive tax policies. Public services deserve better from our elected leaders. Let’s demand better.
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This is a failure of the Ontario government. Students with disabilities deserve to thrive in our public schools, not just survive! It's time to fix the system: 💥Fund high-quality public education to support diverse student needs and abilities 💥Adequately fund special
“A child with autism has the same right as any other child to be at school,” but a growing number can’t attend due to a lack of special supports, @OntAutism says. The waitlist for core services has also tripled under the Ford govt, with students now waiting an avg of 5 years.
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This morning, @ETFOpresident David Mastin spoke to @deanasumanac from @CBCNews on a key bargaining priority for #ETFO members: class size. #smallerclassesBIGDIFFERENCE
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'A very dark day for education': Teachers, parents worry over province's back-to-work legislation #yyc #abed #ableg #abpoli
https://t.co/Lk7RPrS3dr
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Our union stands in solidarity with the striking @albertateachers and condemns the Alberta government's aggressive approach that tramples on collective bargaining rights and introduces back-to-work legislation. #abpoli #canlab
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