New Canadian School Boards Association (CSBA) President Michael McEvoy stated that a strong and united CSBA will support and advocate alongside its provincial partners to safeguard the key role of publicly and democratically-elected school boards. McEvoy assumed the Presidency before more than 400 school trustees from across Canada attending the Canadian School Boards Association (CSBA) http://cdnsba.org/ annual…
Only 5 % of Canadian school children are meeting the national physical activity standards. Dr. Mark Tremblay, an expert in Children’s Health and part of the team that wrote the 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card, will be at the CSBA conference in Vancouver this week to speak to this critical situation and to…
The 2013 CSBA congress is only week away! The program is sure to have something for everyone and we hope you can join us for this important opportunity to share and learn from other trustees/commissioners across Canada, as well as experts in the field of education. We are especially looking forward to sharing with…
A Year of Strategic Planning When the CSBA congress in July 2012 was ended, CSBA had a new Managing Director, a new President and the knowledge that the many structural changes the Association had made over the past years required us to “regroup”, to redefine our priorities and especially, develop a road map that…
MONTREAL, January 2013 – It was with great sadness that the CSBA received the news from the family of Dr. Roy Wilson, that he passed away peacefully recently from cardio-respiratory issues in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He was 74 years old. Roy Wilson was the longest serving school board trustee in Medicine Hat, and the…
The Canadian Coalition for the Right of the Child has produced a document on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada “Right in Principle, Right in Practice“. CCRC, The Rights of Children. Listen in on a Webcast discussion between the Canadian Government and the United Nations on September…
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CANADIAN SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION For immediate distribution CSBA Elects a new Vice President Montreal, August 25, 2012 – The Canadian School Boards Association is pleased to announce the election of its new Vice President, Jacquie Hansen of the Alberta School Boards Association. The eight presidents of the provincial school boards associations participated in the…
Senate Committee on Human Rights asks CSBA for assistance as they study the impact of cyberbullying The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights are studying the impact of cyberbullying on Canadian youth and are asking various organizations and experts in the field from across North America to testify on the subject and about what is…
After the extraordinary professional development sessions on day 2 of Congress 2011, we’ve had numerous requests for two of the videos showcased in the sessions today. Here are the links: Go Publique-Québec English School Boards Association Reveal the Smile-Peel District School Board More resources and speaker presentations will follow as we begin to post after…
