The Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF/FCE) is a bilingual

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and a national alliance of provincial and territorial teacher organizations representing more than 277,000 members throughout Canada. The CTF/FCE is affiliated with

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Introduction

The CTF/FCE advocates for various social justice and equity topics.

History

Harry Charlesworth was the first president of the CTF/FCE, serving from 1920 to 1922.

Public activity

In July 2018, at a two-day Canadian Forum on Public Education in

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, the CTF/FCE director of research and professional learning spoke about the increase in classroom violence. In 2014, the CTF/FCE created a

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survey, engaging secondary and elementary teachers on issues of stress and imbalance, as well as possible ways to create improvements in this balance. The report brought forward several results, including the fact that many teachers felt a strong tension between work responsibilities, as well as duties and responsibilities outside of the work environment.

Members

Alberta Teachers' Association The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is the professional association for the teachers of Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinc ...

Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens The Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO; ) is a Canadian trade union representing 13,110 teachers and other workers in Ontario's French-language public education system, including employees both of secular and ...

* BC Teachers' Federation * Syndicat des enseignantes et enseignants du programme francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (associate member) *

Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO; french: Fédération des enseignants et des enseignantes de l'élémentaire de l'Ontario, FEÉO) is a labour union representing all public elementary school teachers, occasional teachers, and ...

* Manitoba Teachers' Society * New Brunswick Teachers' Association * Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association * Northwest Territories Teachers' Association *

Nova Scotia Teachers Union The Nova Scotia Teachers Union was organized in 1895–96 to unify and elevate the teaching profession in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. As the unified voice for the advocacy and support of all its members, the NSTU promotes and advances ...

* Nunavut Teachers' Association *

Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) is a trade union that represents teachers in publicly funded Roman Catholic schools in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is an affiliated with the Ontario Teachers' Federation, the ...

Ontario Teachers' Federation The Ontario Teachers' Federation (OTF; french: Fédération des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’Ontario, FEO) is the professional body representing over 160,000 teachers in Ontario's publicly funded schools. It operates the Ontario Teacher ...

(Associate Member) * Prince Edward Island Teachers' Federation *

Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) is a professional association and trade union representing over 13,500 schoolteachers in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . The organization's headquarters is located in Saskatoon Saskatoon ( ...

Yukon Teachers' Association Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

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References

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* {{Primary and secondary school teachers' unions in Canada Trade unions established in 1920 Educational organizations based in Ontario Education trade unions 1920 establishments in Canada Trade unions in Canada