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British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2021
Over the last year and a half, British Columbians (BC) have worked together to decrease the spread and reduce exposure to COVID-19. BC teachers have risen to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as it has taken its toll. Teachers are on the front-line of witnessing what is needed to move BC from a crisis response to a longer-term--and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, COVID-19
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2019
British Columbia teachers are pleased to have an early opportunity to present their views on priorities for the 2020 provincial budget to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) represents 43,000 teachers and associated professionals in public schools across British…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Funding Formulas
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life for students, teachers and everyone connected to public schools. The crisis has also exposed the fragilities of the economy in meeting the basic needs of all and highlighted the importance of the public sector, of community, and of care work. Schools are key public spaces of community and care. They must be…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Public Health, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
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Valeo, Antonella; Faez. Farahnaz – TESL Canada Journal, 2013
Research and development in language teacher education and, more recently, teacher accreditation has had enormous impact on the professional lives of ESL teachers in Canada. There has been less interest, however, in examining the career development and employment experiences of accredited ESL teachers as they transition from TESL programs to ESL…
Descriptors: Career Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kitchenham, Andrew; Chasteauneuf, Colin – Canadian Journal of Education, 2010
This two-year study (2007-2009), which examined teacher supply and demand issues in northern Canada--Fort Nelson School District (BC), the Fort Vermilion School Division (AB), the Yukon Department of Education (YK), and the Yellowknife School District (NWT)--comprised three research objectives: (a) to ascertain in which subject areas acute and…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Shortage, Faculty Development
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Clandinin, D. Jean; Downey, C. Aiden; Huber, Janice – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Teachers, in Canada and elsewhere, live and work on school landscapes being shifted by globalization, immigration, demographics, economic disparities and environmental changes. Within those landscapes teachers find themselves struggling to compose lives that allow them to live with respect and dignity in relation with children, youth and families.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes