All out this Saturday in solidarity with OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535 Art Gallery of Ontario workers as they fight for their futures in week three of a historic first-ever strike at the gallery!

📅Saturday, April 13 - 1 pm
📌 317 Dundas St W

Watch live: #OSSTF Member, Fartumo from @osstf9, joins NDP MPPs to call on the PC government to pass Bill 173 and FINALLY declare intimate partner violence what it actually is, an epidemic!

#OnPoli

The use of cowbells as an emergency alarm at a school for the deaf is unacceptable. As Wayne Gates said, this should have been an easy answer.

The Chair of the Prov Schools Authority is accountable to no one but the Min of Ed. We can see just how well this system is working out

'Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.'
- Maya Angelou, #BornOnThisDay .

💙 Let's echo her words today and every day and stand up for one another!

Illustration: Anna Markevich

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Beyoncé becomes the first black artist in history to occupy the entire top 15 of the US Apple Music Country Chart 🇺🇸

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400+ Art Gallery of Ontario workers are on strike! They are sick and tired of precarious part-time, contract work, and unfair wages. They are struggling to pay bills! Neil Lumsden says he knows their value? Then SHOW THEM THE MONET! Inve$t in arts&cultural workers! #onpoli #NoDealNoAGO

WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!! 🌎🏆

Congratulations to Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Rachel Brown and coach Don Barlett - your 2024 BKT Tires World Women's Curling Championship gold medallists! 🥇

#WWCC2024

Congratulations to Wikweminkong Unceded Terriory own Kelly Babstick for signing with the PWHL Boston to a reserve contract!!

“This award taught me that if you put your mind to this, you can reach your goals.”

#OSSTF Student Achievement Award Winner Abigail discusses reconnecting to her Indigenous identity through art & what it meant to win the OSSTF Judges' Choice Award 🤩 🏆
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Every year, players, families and fans across the north gather for the Northern Bands Hockey Tournament.

But to many of us, Northern Bands is more than a tournament.

(Video: 4:30 mins in length)

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“I have no doubt that if we had gender parity at the decision-making levels around the world, at all levels, we would not have the number of wars we have today.”

This is what António Guterres had to say regarding pushback during crises at the #SGTownhall .

#CSW68

Congrats to our Scholarship winners who exemplify #BlackExcellence . We were honoured to provide this opportunity. We can't wait to see the amazing things you’ll accomplish.

Huge thank goes out to our scholarship donors, we couldn’t have done it without you.🖤✨

#BHM365 #OntEd

Our 1st Black Youth Gala ‘How I Was Raised’. A night filled w/wonderful Black Youth entertainment, Caribbean food & amazing Black Youth artist 🎶 & DJ Love Jones amazing beats. Celebration of #BlackExcellence & #BlackJoy w/ Black youth & adult from across #GTA 💜🔥 #BHM

On the last day of #BHM2024 we are highlighting & celebrating Black Canadian leaders who have inspired a generation through their political activism & advocacy.

Learn more ➡️ osstf.on.ca/news/black-his…

#BlackHistoryMonth #OntEd #BlackExcellence

Here’s a sneak peek of #bts of putting our gala together. MASSIVE thank U to all who helped us bring our 1st #BlackExcellence gala to life. We couldn’t have done it without you!!

Stay tuned 4 more pics & videos of the incredible night 💜🤍 #BHM     #youthleadership #blackjoy

Today, I sent a letter to the Auditor General calling for an investigation into Ontario's Provincial Schools to assess whether standards are consistent with the AODA, Ontario Human Rights Code and the purposes of the Education Act.

Read the full letter below 👇

#onpoli #onted

The Court of Appeal has upheld the ruling that Bill 124 is unconstitutional & a violation of workers’ most fundamental rights.

#OSSTF has been fighting #Bill124 since the bill was passed in 2019, & today, we celebrate! #OntEd #OnPoli

Our full statement: osstfupdate.ca/2024/02/12/bil…

Today we want to celebrate & highlight an incredible plethora of Black Cdn filmmakers, illustrating the rich & diverse stories that exist within the Black communities in Canada. Take a look by visiting the #OSSTF site bit.ly/42kNz6J

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence