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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Update on the Status of Voluntary Redeployment

Update on the Status of Voluntary Redeployment

Good Afternoon, As we come to the close of Education Week and week 8 of social distancing, I want to thank all of the local executive teams and members who […]

DCDSB Monthly H&S Inspections

DCDSB Monthly H&S Inspections

Hi Everyone, As we resume Health and Safety (H&S) inspections throughout the sites, I wanted to reach out to address questions/concerns regarding H&S inspections during these unusual times. If you […]

DDSB Custodial Maintenance updates

DDSB Custodial Maintenance updates

A few recent DDSB updates, based on government approvals Maintenance/construction projects will be starting up again for school sites. The initial plan is as follows: * All contractors will be required to […]

DCDSB Custodial Employees Vacation approvals

DCDSB Custodial Employees Vacation approvals

Good morning. I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. Please note that we need to complete everyone’s vacation requests for the remainder of the year up to and […]

Update regarding redeployment

Update regarding redeployment

Good evening, We wanted to send out this communication to keep you informed to where the issue of Voluntary Deployment currently stands. We have heard the concerns that you raised […]

Ministry of Education School Year Updates

Ministry of Education School Year Updates

Memorandum To: Chairs of District School Boards Directors of Education School Authorities From: Stephen Lecce Minister of EducationNancy Naylor Deputy Minister Thank you for your commitment to ensuring that, even […]

OSBCU Position re – SULP days

OSBCU Position re – SULP days

As many of you are aware the Minister of Education made an announcement yesterday to extend the closures of schools until the end of May. In addition to this, there […]

Voluntary Redeployment

Voluntary Redeployment

April 26, 2020 I hope that everyone is doing well and staying safe. This afternoon the Local Presidents and the Leadership of the OSBCU discussed the possibility of Voluntary Redeployment. […]