COVID-19 Virus Updates

Ministry of Education Updates

Good Evening, Please see below the information that was just received. Please note that where a board overlaps two or more Public Health Units, Public Health will direct in regards

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Emergency Child Care

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OSBCU Statement

Good afternoon, This information may be shared with your members via email and social media. Please find attached a statement issued by the OSBCU in response to the announcement made

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Update to Maintenance Operations

Good Morning, Yesterday, the Government of Ontario declared a second provincial state of emergency in response to increasing cases of COVID-19. The province is also issuing a stay-at-home order effective

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Ministry of Education Updates

Good evening please see the information shared by the ministry this evening. I want to be clear – the announcement made by Ford today, did not reflect the reality that

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Ford’s Announcement today

Good afternoon, I wanted to reach out following Ford’s announcement today. As per his routine, his announcement leaves far more questions than answers, especially for education workers who are desperately

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Caring to cope through COVID – live, interactive webinar

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DDSB Retrieval of Items from Schools

DDSB Retrieval of Items from Schools

This email was forwarded to Administrators yesterday and we understand that some Administrators have already begun to implement some of the components of the plan. You may have heard from […]

Personal Property Retrieval Guidelines for Schools | Récupération d’effets personnels – Lignes directrices pour les écoles

Personal Property Retrieval Guidelines for Schools | Récupération d’effets personnels – Lignes directrices pour les écoles

Please see below correspondence received by the OSBCU this evening regarding Personal Property Retrieval Guidelines. Please note Through our National Health and Safety staff support we highly recommend that all […]

DDSB Custodial schedule updates

DDSB Custodial schedule updates

Good Day All We have made it to Wednesday of our first full week back to work. Although we are all still adjusting our work practices and learning to deal […]

RE: Next weeks DCDSB schedule

RE: Next weeks DCDSB schedule

Hi everyone, Unfortunately, the Public Health department is not reviewing any protocol at this time, as they are awaiting provincial information on staff/students/families accessing schools. With no approved safety protocol in […]

Re-entry to schools DCDSB

Re-entry to schools DCDSB

Hello, We have been working on a Return to School for Student Retrieval of Belongings now that we know students will not be returning to classrooms this school year. This […]

DCDSB Re-opening Protocol – Maintenance Staff

DCDSB Re-opening Protocol – Maintenance Staff

Hi everyone As you may know, today the province laid out the ground for Ontario Stage one reopening. And as of Tuesday May 19th limits are lifted on all maintenance, repair […]

Voluntary Redeployment DDSB

Voluntary Redeployment DDSB

Good Afternoon Please see the attached information and Q&A documents regarding Voluntary redeployment of CUPE members of the Durham District School Board. 1. Q & A – REDEPLOYMENT FOR EDUCATION WORKERS […]

Paying It Forward: CUPE Education Workers Step Up to Support Public and Colleagues Hard Hit by COVID-19

Paying It Forward: CUPE Education Workers Step Up to Support Public and Colleagues Hard Hit by COVID-19

TORONTO, ON – Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Ontario are gearing up to help friends and neighbours whose lives and workplaces have been […]

Ontario Enables School Board Employees to Be Voluntarily Redeployed to Congregate Care Settings

Ontario Enables School Board Employees to Be Voluntarily Redeployed to Congregate Care Settings

News Release Ontario Enables School Board Employees to Be Voluntarily Redeployed to Congregate Care Settings May 9, 2020 Emergency order would help alleviate critical staffing shortages during COVID-19 TORONTO — […]