CONTENTS: ETFO VOICE – FALL 2024


8 12 4 FROM THE EDITOR


5 FROM THE PRESIDENT By Karen Brown


FALL 2024 6 FROM THE GENERAL


SECRETARY By Sharon O’Halloran


34 CURRICULUM: Race Matters


36 YOUR FEDERATION: ANNUAL MEETING 2024


THE ONTARIO FAIL-TO-FILL ISSUE Teacher shortage or systemic erosion of public education?


PLUS: TEACHING AND LEARNING ABOUT TRUTH AND RECONCILIA- TION WITH OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS • TAKING A WALK THROUGH AND ABOUT MEDIA LITERACY • 2024 ANNUAL MEETING RECAP ➔


44 FROM THE PODCAST 45 BOOK REVIEWS


47 CROSSWORD: “SOUNDS LIKE SOME-


THING I’D WEAR” By Matt Gaffney


2 ETFO VOICE | FALL 2024 8 THE ONTARIO


FAIL-TO-FILL ISSUE Zaiba Beg and Todd Rimmington consider the causes and impacts of the fail-to-fills.


12 TEACHING AND LEARNING


ABOUT TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION WITH OUR


YOUNGEST LEARNERS Michelle McKay writes that students are never too young to engage in learning and make a difference by taking action towards change.


COVER ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAEL deADDER


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