OSSTF News + Publications

This Guide has been created to help you prepare for your pregnancy/ parental leave. It provides an overview of issues related to pregnancy/parental leaves and benefits and provides answers to many questions that commonly arise. OSSTF updated this document in December 2022.

The application for Provincial Standing Committees and Councils for 2023-2024 is now available on the OSSTF/FEESO website. To complete an application, please go to this webpage.

There are several background documents available in myOSSTF that you may find helpful while filling out your application. To view these documents, please click here. 

Below is a list of Provincial Standing Committees and Councils with vacancies:

• Human Rights Committee 
• Comité des services en langue française 
• Parliamentary and Constitution Council 
• Communications and Political Action Committee 
• Protective Services Committee 
• Educational Services Committee 
• Status of Women Committee 
• Finance Committee 
• Health and Safety/Workplace Safety and Insurance Act Committee

The application must be in on-time in order to be considered. The deadline is March 1, 2023 for term vacancies. Applications received after that time will be considered late and will only be considered for appointment if there are insufficient on-time applications for a specific committee/council. Please note, the deadline for co-option applications is May 1, 2023.

OSSTF is dedicated to equity, anti-racism and anti-oppression while protecting and enhancing public education. OSSTF values the participation of members with various lived experiences. OSSTF actively seeks and welcomes applications from members of equity-seeking and sovereignty-seeking groups. Self-identification of membership in equity-seeking or sovereignty-seeking group(s) is voluntary. If you choose to self-identify, please let OSSTF know any that apply to you: 

• 2SLGBTQI+
• Black/African Black/Caribbean Black 
• First Nations, Métis, Inuit 
• Francophone 
• Person Living with a Disability 
• Racialized 
• Woman 

If you encounter any issues with the application form, please send an email to webhelp@osstf.ca.

OSSTF has several awards to recognize the outstanding contributions of its Members. The deadline for nominations for many of the provincial awards is January 31.  All of the awards and the details are listed here.

Below are the awards with a deadline of January 31. 

• André Lécuyer Award
• Bob Brooks Award 
• Comité des services en langue française Award
• Communication Award
• Environmental Award 
• James Forster Human Rights Award 
• Jennifer MacLean Health and Safety Award 
• John McNeil Award 
• Kelly Ann McKenzie Award      
• Liz Barkley Status of Women Award 
• Nancy Warrener Award 
• Norm Snyder Award
• Political Action Award — In honour of Wendell Fulton and Larry French 

Project Overseas is a joint endeavour of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF/FCE) and its member organizations to support partners in developing countries as they co-plan and co-deliver professional learning to local educators.

This project is part of the CTF/FCE’s International and Social Justice Program, which focuses on teachers taking action for:

• Teaching – Canadian teachers work with local teachers overseas to strengthen teacher competence;
• Teacher Organizations – The program assists overseas partner organizations as they strengthen their capacities to provide professional services to their members; and
• Gender Equality – All Project Overseas address gender equality for teachers, assist in the development of girl-friendly school environments and work to eliminate school-related gender-based violence.

OSSTF/FEESO will sponsor up to TWO (2) members to participate in Project Overseas 2023. Participants must be available for assignments during the month of July and meet a list of criteria set out by CTF/FCE.

Members can find this information on the CTF/FCE Project Overseas website.

The Educators Financial Group (EFG) is owned by OSSTF and offers a wide range of financial services for Members including mortgages and financial planning . They have produced a new "toolkit" brochure for newer educators that includes online tools and resources, information sheets for financial literacy and more.

Download the toolkit below and visit the EFG website for lots of great financial resources.