UN calls for a federal representative for children and youth in Canada
The CTF lobbying efforts for the creation of a federal commissioner for children and youth were bolstered by the call issued by the United Nations. But the work is not over.
Category: Mental health
On mental health through a gender lens
The link between violence against women and children and mental illness is strong. At the Annual General Meeting, CTF delegates adopted resolutions that address domestic violence, violence against teachers and murdered and missing Indigenous women.
Liberal education – Looking at the new federal government through teachers’ eyes
This article, originally published in The Alberta Teachers’ Association “ATA News”, examines the federal Liberal election platform and outlines the new government’s stand on some of the issues that matter to teachers.
Green Party of Canada
Teachers are usually the first to know. A hungry child that can’t focus on their lesson plan. A student struggling with depression, falling through the cracks in our mental health care system. Teachers know that poverty and mental illness are powerful forces in Canadian life because they see their effects in the classroom every day.
How can the teacher voice be heard in the 2015 federal election?
Child poverty and child and youth mental health were noted as the two top priorities for teacher advocacy in the upcoming federal election by over 5,000 teachers in a CTF survey. How can teachers engage in a dialogue with federal election candidates on these issues?
Our Canada. Our Students. Our Profession. The importance of raising our teacher voice in this federal election
In this coming federal election and beyond, teachers can give voice to their students’ needs through the CTF campaign "Hear My Voice ". Many of the issues that affect teaching and learning in schools are connected to federal jurisdiction. Teachers can raise their voices for child and youth mental health and child poverty.
