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Ontario Medical Association and Coalition for Kids call for mandatory vaccines for anyone working in a school

by Mariella Policheni

TORONTO – With the return to school approaching by great strides, the pressure on the Ontario government to make vaccination of teachers and non-teaching staff mandatory increases. Raising the voice is the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) with a statement signed by the president, Dr. Adam Kassam: “Schools should be safe places for everyone. That’s why we’re asking for vaccination for teachers and those who work in schools in addition to the mandatory use of masks inside and other measures when schools reopen in September,” Kassam said. →

School, “created the illusion of normality”

by Mariella Policheni

TORONTO – Ontario’s four largest education unions — Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) and the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) — are attacking the government’s return-to-school plan. A plan, they say in unison, “incomplete and inadequate.” The accusation is that of having attempted to “create the illusion of normality” when “we are still in a pandemic”.  →

Scuola e pandemia tra governo immobile, school board assenti e piani inesistenti

by Francesco Veronesi

TORONTO – Piani di sicurezza, linee guida, uso della mascherina, distanza fisica, limite massimo degli studenti, obbligo vaccinale per il personale scolastico. Sono alcuni dei temi sui quali, a poco più di sei settimane dall’inizio dell’anno scolastico, la nostra classe politica dovrebbe intavolare un dibattito serio e costruttivo, recependo le indicazioni e gli input della comunità scientifica provinciale, delle associazioni di categoria e dei provveditorati scolastici… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

School and pandemic: a Minister in isolation, absent School boards and non-existent plans

by Francesco Veronesi

TORONTO – Safety plans, guidelines, mask use, physical distance, maximum limit of students, vaccination obligation for school staff. These are some of the issues on which, just over six weeks before the beginning of the school year, our political class should start a serious and constructive debate, incorporating the indications and inputs of the provincial scientific community, trade associations and school provveditorati. In Ontario, at least for now, everything is silent. →

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