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20.04.2021 / 03:47

Beloved Saskatchewan teacher’s death from COVID-19 renews vaccination calls

Prince Albert from COVID-19 is renewing calls to do more to protect teachers in Saskatchewan, including get them vaccinated faster.Victor Thunderchild was a teacher and guidance counselor for nearly 30 years. He was one year from retirement when he contracted the virus and died Saturday morning.

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N95 masks coming to one Manitoba school division amid calls for vaccine prioritization

Manitoba in worse COVID-19 position than fall lockdown: Osler The province’s COVID-19 dashboard for students and staff shows there are currently 152 coronavirus cases in 76 Manitoba schools.

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Saskatoon schools stick with in-class learning as COVID-19 sparks concerns

Class is back in session after spring break in Saskatchewan, fueling some COVID-19 concerns among families and teachers.Scientist and father of five Kyle Anderson didn’t send his kids to school on Monday. COVID-19 vaccinations in Saskatchewan to be expanded to first responders “Right now, just having a few less students in a classroom increases everyone’s safety, particularly the teachers,” said Anderson, who is a University of Saskatchewan assistant professor in biochemistry, microbiology and immunology.Anderson said his family decided to switch to at-home learning now that variants of concern (VOCs) have made their way to the Saskatoon area.

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New Brunswick teachers union says province should stick with hybrid high school

COVID-19 spread.Minister of Health Dorothy Shephard said the plan would be revisited in two weeks, but the New Brunswick Teachers Association (NBTA) says the 2020-2021 school year has seen enough flip-flopping already.“We’ve been on the yo-yo of changes long enough,” says union boss Rick Cuming.“The system definitely needs some stability.” N.B.

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Ontario teacher unions call for more protections against COVID-19

COVID-19 as a third wave surges across the province.The unions held a news conference today calling for the mass vaccination of teachers and other school staff.Union leaders also say that online learning should be adapted across the province until the safety of staff and students can be guaranteed.

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Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools in hot spots

COVID-19 grew louder on Tuesday as some health units opted to close schools amid rising case numbers across the province.Opposition leaders called on the government to offer vaccines to education workers, while unions said schools in areas with high infection rates should close until the shots are offered.NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the government should “urgently” vaccinate education workers and use the upcoming April break to make other upgrades to classrooms. Peel Region medical officer of health ordering schools to close for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 “Parents, educators, and students across the province have been thrown into chaos once again,” Horwath said.

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COVID-19 claims higher among elementary school teachers than secondary teachers: WorkSafeBC

B.C. education minister looks to fill ‘gaps’ in COVID-19 school safety plans The province enhanced its school mask policy in February.

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Saskatchewan police, teachers frustrated with COVID-19 immunization plan

Phase 2 of Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout fails to protect police and teachers, who have no choice but to interact with the public, union representatives say.The second immunization phase is based on age, starting with people in their 60s. Saskatchewan rolls out plan for Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccinations Casey Ward, Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers president, said front-line police officers should be prioritized.

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Coronavirus: Ontario teachers, parents rally for financial support for families

Education workers left out of child care provision during Ontario’s coronavirus lockdown: union With students set to learn from home for the next three weeks, participants of the rally want the province to provide paid sick leave, income support for caregivers, a ban on evictions and more.“As teachers, we see our kids and their families struggling and we know that when the schools shut down, and people don’t have child care, and they have no leave or sick day provisions in their work, it becomes very difficult for them to manage,” said elementary school teacher Laura McCoy.“So many of our families are in precarious work conditions, they would be in danger of losing their job, and for some people, losing their home.”McCoy adds the stress

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Should teachers get coronavirus vaccine priority? Experts say yes, but so should others

coronavirus vaccine, teachers are pushing to get themselves among the nation’s top priority list.The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) previously called for governments across Canada to let teachers and educators be among the first in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine, arguing their high risk of exposure.“They are in close contact with students and other adults, indoors, for many hours at a time, every day, usually with poor ventilation,” read a statement released Tuesday from the CTF, which is comprised of over 300,000 educators and teachers across Canada.

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4th-year university students in Saskatchewan called upon to substitute teach

Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board (SPTRB) is granting temporary permits to students who’ve completed their internship to help relieve some of the staffing challenges in schools brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Regina Public Schools moves to remote learning as COVID-19 cases spike It would get them on a school division’s substitute list from January to June of next year while still finishing the final semester of their degree.“We were contacted by a number of school divisions in the province.

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Alberta eases close-contact determination for school staff after COVID-19 exposure

COVID-19 case is confirmed in the classroom have been relaxed by Alberta Health Services.Previously, anyone who was in a classroom with an infectious case was considered a close contact and required to self-isolate.“This was resulting in too many teachers/staff being excluded when they may not have actually had close contact with a student case,” AHS spokesperson Kerry Williamson said in a statement.However, Williamson said the changes are not a result of staff shortages. Instead, they’re about bringing rules in line with how close contacts are determined outside the school environment.Now, AHS will assess teachers and school staff on a case-by-case basis.

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Parents anxious as Surrey school closed by COVID-19 prepares to reopen

COVID-19 outbreak.Cambridge Elementary was closed for two weeks on Nov.

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B.C. teachers’ union calls for 15-student cap in Fraser Health region schools

COVID-19 cases, most of them within the health authority.Total cases in the Fraser Health region have more than doubled in the last month, and the province says 175 of B.C.’s 261 COVID-19 exposures in schools (67 per cent) have occurred within its boundaries. Coronavirus: List of B.C.

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COVID-19: More students return to in-class learning following Lethbridge School Division’s first ‘pivot point’

Schools still open amid Canadian coronavirus resurgence. But for how long? Cheryl Gilmore, the division’s superintendent of schools, said the school division didn’t have any expectations going into this survey, but the transition was fairly easy to manage.With just over 200 out of nearly 12,000 students changing their minds, the system as a whole wasn’t disrupted.“This pivot point was fairly seamless, and so I was very happy for that,” she said.According to Gilmore, staff are currently working with new at-home learners who are adjusting to their new learning environment to ensure they are up to speed with technology and format.For students who moved back to in-class learning, most are transitioning in to existing cohorts.

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Coronavirus: ‘Exposures coming faster than we can keep up,’ says Central Okanagan Teachers Association

‘Troubleshooters’ to help resolve COVID-19 disputes in B.C. school system While transmission within schools is still considered low risk, Bauhart fears that it’s just a matter of time before that changes.“It seems at this point that all transmissions are coming from the community into the schools but it’s not going to stay that way I’m pretty sure,” Bauhart told Global News.“There will be school-to-school transmissions and then the challenges will be even more.”Bauhart said teachers want to remain in classrooms teaching, but they want to do so in a safe manner.She pointed to possibly mandating masks being worn in classrooms as one option to enhance safety.“Masks is the big debate,” she said.

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BCTF renewing calls for mandatory masks inside classrooms

BC Teachers’ Federation is once again pushing for mandatory masks in classrooms, now that the federal government has identified airborne particles are a risk of COVID-19 transmission.President, Teri Mooring has been pushing for mandatory masks for everyone over the age of 10 any time they’re on school grounds since August.On Friday, Canadian health officials officially recognized that COVID-19 can spread through tiny droplets known as aerosols that can linger in the air.Mooring says with the new information, her case for mandatory masks in classrooms is stronger. B.C.

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Spike in absentee teachers in Belleville, Ont., area causes shortage

“You just can’t create bodies out of nowhere. The situation is more manpower and human resource than it is funding right now at this point,” said Sean Monteith, the director of education for the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board.

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Quebec asks retired teachers to return to workforce, offers financial incentive

COVID-19 pandemic.Education Minister Jean-François Roberge released a statement on Tuesday asking all elementary and high school teachers who retired since July 1, 2015, to return to the workforce — for a financial incentive.The government said those that chose to return will get paid the same amount as what they were paid when they retired, which can be up to $412 per day. Quebec raises coronavirus alert level for Laval, Outaouais to orange Roberge added that this will not affect their pension.As of Sept.

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Coronavirus: B.C. teachers’ union applies to Labour Relations Board over back-to-school concerns

COVID-19 pandemic.In a letter to members obtained by Global News, union president Teri Mooring said the Ministry of Education is taking advantage of teachers’ professionalism and the care they feel for their students.The federation’s lawyers have researched any legal means they might have to challenge the “inequities of working conditions” and the “confusing changes in government messages” surrounding the province’s back-to-school plan, Mooring said, and have filed the application under section 88 of the Labour Relations Code.“It is a rarely used provision that we believe can compel the government into a labour relations process to address our many outstanding concerns,” she wrote.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest

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B.C.’s top doctor doesn’t ‘foresee a situation’ where the school system shuts down again

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Anyone in the school system is asked to avoid contact and wear a mask in high traffic areas like hallways and cafeterias.Public health teams have been assigned to support schools and if a communicable disease arises that can spread to others, the school community will be alerted, said Henry.If there’s the potential that risk goes beyond the school, then the public will also be notified, Henry added.“These are protocols that we have used in the past and we have updated them and made sure we are ready to support every school, every school community, and every community in B.C.

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Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation says members should avoid extracurricular activity

extracurricular activities such as sports.Patrick Maze, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF), said those activities undermine efforts to keep students safe. Saskatchewan summer camps say they need help before next year Those efforts include controlling the size of groups students move in, restricting travel and staggering class start times.Deciding whether or not to proceed with such activities this school year has been left to each school division.Teacher participation in extracurricular activities is strictly voluntary.

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Over 20 teachers from Deux-Montagnes high school in isolation after two test positive for COVID-19

Thousands of Quebec students head back to school amid coronavirus worries[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]She said the students were asked to stay home until Monday while the school tries to recruit substitute teachers or explores other options to overcome the lack of personnel.The 20 teachers will be in isolation until Sept 4, and will all be tested for COVID-19.Sylvain Mallette, president of a federation of teachers’ unions, the Federation autonome de l’enseignement, says the incident highlights the need for schools to have access to an accelerated testing process.“The question is, how long did it take to get access to a test, and how long to get the results of the test?” Mallette said in an

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Teachers at Horizon School Division vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike vote

ATA’s website, making them one of only 15 school boards in the province without a settlement since 2018.“While teachers are trying to negotiate, the employer is stalling,” said Walter Plumtree, president of ATA Horizon Local No. 4 in the release.“Horizon teachers are disappointed that they are being treated without consideration in light of all that is going on with the pandemic.“There’s enough stress right now without having to contend with an employer who doesn’t respect you,” the statement goes on to say.

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Alberta NDP suggests using space in churches, community halls for classrooms

Alberta school boards appreciate federal funding but some ‘disappointed’ by province’s response Education critic Sarah Hoffman said that’s the best way to ensure physical distancing and limiting the potential of a COVID-19 outbreak.To achieve that, she suggested the province creatively source out an inventory of vacant spaces to convert into classrooms.“We have community halls, places of worship, libraries, rec centers throughout the city and province and these spaces weren’t designed to be a school. We are in unusual times,” Hoffman said.Elementary school teacher Abbey Curzon admitted she’s nervous about managing physical distancing in the classrooms.

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Coronavirus: Parents, teachers, students protest Quebec’s back-to-school plans

Students will not have to practise physical distancing in class, but they must remain at least two metres apart from one another in common spaces.While all elementary and high school students will be expected to return to school at the end of the month, children with significant health problems will be offered a remote learning option.Quebec is also maintaining an option for students in Grades 10 and 11 to physically attend classes one out of every two days, if their school cannot organize stable classroom bubbles.Teachers and parents are concerned about how testing for students and educators will work.“What happens if a teacher needs to be tested? What happens if the children do need to go home and be quarantined, are there going to be

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UCP government faces continued pressure over Alberta school re-entry plan

Saskatchewan provides details of additional $40M into Safe Schools Plan, delayed start“I would rather be over prepared than under prepared as we start the new school year,” Alberta Teachers Association President Jason Schilling told Global News.Schilling is scheduled to sit down with LaGrange later this week to discuss the re-entry plan.

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More than 80% of students in the Lethbridge School Division will learn in-classroom: parent survey results

Coronavirus: Ontario major teachers’ unions allege back-to-school plan breaks provincial law The remaining 1,536 students will be allocated into at-home learning cohorts.Around 3,000 students were unaccounted for.“We sent out, at least three or four times, communication to the families that if they do not respond to the survey, we will assume that their son or daughter will fall under Scenario One,” Lethbridge School Division Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Gilmore said.

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Swift reaction from Quebec parents, students to province’s back-to-school plan

COVID-19 plan.Education Minister Jean-François Roberge unveiled an updated back-to-school plan on Monday and families say they find the messaging from authorities conflicting and are insisting that more stringent safety measures be put in place.

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Some people, including teachers, continue to be concerned over Ontario’s back-to-school plan

Canadian parents are setting up ‘pandemic pods’ during coronavirus: what are they? “The clock’s ticking; we have three weeks,” Roberts said.“We go back Aug. 31 here.

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Coronavirus: Lethbridge schools prepare for mandatory masks

Alberta School Councils Association president Brandi Rai says despite this week’s announcement that masks will be mandatory this year for Alberta students in grades four to 12, many parents are still concerned by the lack of preparation for COVID-19. Alberta Grade 4-12 students, teachers will be required to wear masks in schools this fall “We can put these measures in place.

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Saskatchewan teachers will not be mandated to work election day

polling stations, teachers will not be used as polling workers.Elections Saskatchewan was exploring the idea of asking teachers to work the polls during the province’s 28thgeneral election on Oct. 26, but following pushback from the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, that is no longer the case.

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Saskatchewan NDP releases plan to address teachers’, parents’ back-to-school woes

back-to-school plan that aims to ease parents’ and teachers’ anxiety over in-class learning during the coronavirus pandemic.The seven-step plan was developed following weeks of consultation with 200 Saskatchewan teachers over Zoom.“I know parents right across this province are really hoping we can get students back in the fall but we need to do that safely,” said NDP education critic Carla Beck.“Every day that goes by without a clear plan is just raising the level of anxiety for parents, for students and teachers and staff in our schools.” Saskatchewan parents start pandemic back-to-school shopping With community transmission of COVID-19 rising across southwest and central Saskatchewan – including the city of Swift Current – the plan

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Quebec to make online teaching mandatory if coronavirus closes schools this fall

Teaching online classes will be mandatory in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak in schools or if a second wave causes more school closures in the fall. In a statement to Global News, Quebec’s education minister, Jean-Francois Roberge, confirmed that teachers will have to “assure a continuity of learning” unlike in the spring when the focus of distance-learning was to simply “maintain knowledge.”“It will be mandatory to give classes from a distance,” said Francis Bouchard, the minister’s spokesperson.

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Saskatchewan teachers lack confidence in province’s plan to head back to school

Teachers in Saskatchewan say they question whether or not proper safety protocols are in place for children and staff returning to the classroom in the fall, according to a recent survey.Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation addressed the national survey done by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation on Monday. Saskatchewan school divisions reflect on supplementary learning “Our teachers want to return to the classroom, but are very worried about the health risks and impact on student learning,” said Patrick Maze, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation president.“It is difficult to understand why precautions are necessary everywhere else — such as physical distancing and personal protective equipment — but not in our schools.

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After months at home, some Manitoba parents embrace homeschooling

Coronavirus: Manitoba schools partially reopen for staff, programming Jill said their youngest daughter lives with anxiety, which resulted in some struggles in the classroom.“We found that almost right away at home, she was to do all these things that she never could have shown anyone at school.“Almost right away, we knew that this was something that could work for her… it was obvious, I thought, that homeschooling was going to work for her.”The Robertsons said they weren’t initially sure how their daughter, who is going into Grade 5, would react to the idea of being homeschooled, but she was excited about it in the end.

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B.C.’s education minister to provide update on part-time return to school

Education Minister Rob Fleming is scheduled to provide an update on Tuesday on the part-time return to in-class learning under the COVID-19 pandemic for students from kindergarten to Grade 12.

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B.C. reports 35% of students between kindergarten and Grade 5 return to schools

British Columbia resumed optional, part-time learning on Monday, with classes split to ensure social distancing in the classroom amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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School resumes in B.C. on Monday. This is what things will look like

It’s a return to school like none the province has seen before.

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New Brunswick teachers to return to schools to prepare for next school year

Teachers in New Brunswick will return to their classrooms starting the first week of June, but there won’t be any students there with them.

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B.C. government to outline plan on bringing more kids into schools this year

Premier John Horgan and Education Minister Rob Fleming are expected to provide details Friday on the optional return of more K to 12 students to classrooms in the province.

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New Brunswick schools to open next week for locker, desk clear-out

School districts in New Brunswick are poised to open elementary, middle and secondary schools as early as next week to allow students and families to collect personal belongings left behind as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: B.C.’s top doctor expects some kids back in class this school year

B.C.’s top doctor says she expects some kids will start returning to school before the end of the school year, during her daily update on the province’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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McVeety School students in Regina receive special visit from teachers: ‘We miss them’

Students from Marion McVeety School got a special visit from their favourite teachers on Friday, as classes remain cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Saskatchewan teachers doing their best to adapt during coronavirus pandemic

Teachers in Saskatchewan are leaning on technology more than ever amid the coronavirus pandemic, shifting from in-class to online.

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Coronavirus: Kelowna, B.C. teachers create video to spread joy to students

The teachers at Kelowna’s École K.L.O. Middle School have a special message for their students.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba students, educators adjusting to new reality of indefinitely suspended classes

Teachers, students and school administrators in Manitoba are adjusting to a new reality as Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced Tuesday that the province’s schools will be shuttered indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Sweet notes left for staff at Edmonton school: ‘Lots of missing you, lots of thanks’

Teachers and students in Edmonton are finding it pretty lonely not returning to classrooms together. But some messages of hope are shining through, making this first week back to empty schools a little easier for teachers.

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