Ontario's teacher unions support a move to restrict the number of days retirees can work, saying the province is relying on "Band-Aids and half measures" instead of addressing the ongoing shortage, though school boards are warning the move could mean more cancelled or combined classes.

Ontario schools can't recruit or retain enough teachers thanks to a “mess” created by the Ford government, Ontario’s four teachers’ unions charge.

he Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) issued the following statement today in support of the decision by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) not to extend the re-employment limit for retired teachers and administrators from 50 to 95 days.

Parents of school children enrolled in a French immersion class at a Toronto public school say staffing issues are leaving their kids behind, with three substitute teachers — including a non-French speaker — leading the class this school year already, and one new unnamed teacher still to come.

Listen to this podcast on CBC The Current to learn and about the crisis in our schools: school boards across the country are struggling to find – and keep - teachers.

The three unions representing workers in the Toronto District School Board, including the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT), Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Toronto (OSSTF), and Toronto Education Workers (CUPE 4400), met to develop strategies on building power to fight back against austerity and privatization in education.