The letter below was sent to media across the country. In some areas of the country there is an increasing erosion of the fundamental rights of Canadians with regard to local democratic voice in public education. Governance of the education of children and youth in Canada has been entrusted to locally elected trustees across the…
CSBA Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil February 22, 2018 The Honourable Stephen McNeil Premier of Nova Scotia Government House, Halifax NS B3J 1X5 Dear Premier, The Canadian School Boards Association, representing School Boards from across Canada, is incredibly disappointed by your government’s decision to abolish locally elected school boards in…
President Floyd Martens: THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ON THE DEFENCE… News, being what it is, tends to focus on the sensational, scandalous, or shocking. And so it is not a surprise for our colleagues across the country or in the U.S. for that matter, that the role of public school boards is often criticized. While…
CSBA WORK ON THE ISSUES The CSBA Board of Directors come from each jurisdiction quarterly to discuss shared issues of national importance. We continue to work on our priority areas: Health and Wellness and FNMI Education as well as the pervasive threat to elected school boards and actions we can take nationally to show the importance and…
When it comes to education governance, the national trend in recent years has been towards a troubling centralization of decision-making power, despite research that suggests school boards provide an effective way to improve student learning and increase local participation in school management. “Communities historically have had lots of input into what transpires [in their schools]…
CSBA stands with Quebec school boards and defends the basic Canadian right of community members having a voice in our children’s education. The following is the letter sent to Quebec Minister of Education Sebastien Proulx on the CSBA’s position (french version follows): ___________________________________________________________________________________ Monsieur Sebastien Proulx Ministère de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignementsupérieur Assemblée nationale du Québec,…
Find out what the CSBA has been doing this past year and what we have planned for the next year. CSBA 2014-15 Annual Report
This tragic part of our Canadian history deserves our full attention. This ADVOCACY PAPER, created by the Aboriginal Education Council and adopted by OPSBA unanimously at their recent AGM, is in the process of being adapted for national use. In the words of Paul Martin, “If we do not step forward, then we step back,…
CSBA 2015 is hours away and the stage is set! Information on CSBA Annual Congress as well as the National Trustee Gathering on Aboriginal Education is available at www.csba2015.ca. Welcome to warm and wonderful Saskatoon!
The CSBA Newsletter will bring you up to date on recent CSBA activities, provide you with a snapshot of what each province is focusing on at the moment and let you know about programs that may be important to your students. In case you were wondering who we are, this will answer your questions. Sign up on the…
