TORONTO, March 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What: OECTA Annual General Meeting
Saturday, March 9 – Monday, March 11, 2019
Where:
Shaw Centre, Canada Room, Level 3
55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ON
When:
Saturday, March 9
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Monday, March 11
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. The Honourable Lisa Thompson, Ontario Minister of Education
More than 800 participants will attend the Annual General Meeting as representatives of OECTA’s 45,000 members. Over the course of the three-day meeting, delegates will elect members of the Provincial Executive and attend to the business of the Association.
The meeting will also serve as the culminating celebration of OECTA’s 75th anniversary, in the city where the Association’s Letters Patent were signed in 1944. Throughout the year, Catholic teachers have been reflecting on the Association’s stellar history of protecting and enhancing workers’ rights, fostering teachers’ professional development, and strengthening Ontario’s world-renowned publicly funded Catholic education system.
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OECTA represents the 45,000 passionate and qualified teachers in Ontario’s publicly funded English Catholic schools, from Kindergarten to Grade 12.