OPC President

📢 Media release: NNDSB's Acting Executive Officer Lisa Collins seconded for term as president of Ontario Principals Council. Read more: ow.ly/GF0r50FnQsY

Today we imagine a Canada that includes everyone. #inclusion #diversity #reconciliation #IndigenousPeoples

Welcome to Lisa Collins - our 2021-22 Provincial President. Lisa will take a 1-yr secondment from the @NearNorthDSB to take on this role.

Government announces plan to counter Islamophobia and ensure classrooms are free from discrimination. #onted news.ontario.ca/en/release/100…

Members - We have sent you an important bargaining update. Check your email today for a Special President's Message.

@paulpanayi @OPCouncil @AnnLPace @YRDSB Thank you Paul.

@OPCouncil @AnnLPace @YRDSB Great job Ann and all the best as you return to your school!

Today we say good-bye & thank you to @AnnLPace who has served as our Provincial President this year. Through a pandemic, virtual, hybrid & in-class learning, she has been a strong & vocal advocate for our Members. We wish her well as she returns to the @YRDSB!

To our @ETFOeducators and @osstf teachers - it has been a challenging, difficult, constantly-changing, exhausting year. Yet you continued to teach with professionalism & flexibility. Thank you for being there for students all year!

To our OPC Members - what a year it has been! You have been professional, committed, flexible & undaunted with the constant stream of changes. You kept schools running, mentored staff, assisted students and informed parents of the many pivots. 1/2

Our statement on the discovery at the former Marieval Indian Residential School. bit.ly/2TYB9SW

Do you want additional tools and support for distance learning? Our updated Principal's Development Course online module, Leading the Innovate School starts July 26. principals.ca/en/professiona… Register by July 12. #OPCLeadLearn

New low price for our virtual one-day conference on Supporting Distance Learning with expert keynote speaker @dwaynekmatthews principals.ca/en/professiona… Register today!

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day. We recognize & celebrate the unique heritage, culture & contributions of First Nations, Inuit & Métis peoples. We also acknowledge how difficult & traumatic the past months have been.

Happy Father's Day to all dads, surrogate dads, father figures, uncles, big brothers and all those who act as dads. Your role in the life of your children is critically important.

On Father's Day, we also remember dads who are no longer with us, or dads who have lost children.

Listen to our conversations with experts and school leaders on supporting student mental health principals.ca/en/professiona… #OPCLeadLearn @SMHO_SMSO

We are pleased to see the Grade 9 Math curriculum released. This decision to end streaming will help address inequities and over representation of underserved communities in applied level programs. news.ontario.ca/en/release/100…

Thinking of all those affected by this sudden and tragic event in London, Ontario.

Principals express concerns about ability to hold outdoor graduation ceremonies by end of June. thestar.com/politics/provi…

Destreamed Grade 9 Math - Leading the Implementation principals.ca/en/professiona… Register today for this free professional learning opportunity!

“We had an opportunity to help prevent further damage to Ontario’s children and youth, and we have failed. Other provinces and territories made children and youth a priority, and were able to keep schools open with minimal disruption.” @fordnation @sflecce 1/2