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June 5, 2017 by CSBA Leave a Comment

Charter of Commitment – Student Health and Well-Being

CSBA Committee on Student Health and Wellness is committed to working in partnership with government, non-government, and community partners to advocate for active healthy lifestyles. Benefits to creating healthy learning environments include: greater overall achievement, well-rounded students, decreased discipline problems and improved attendance, improved lifelong health, reduced disparities.   We are committed to demonstrating leadership and providing a national voice in responding to the health and wellness challenges of students across Canada.

After collaborating with several national partners, the CSBA is proud to adopt a Charter of Commitment to Student Health and Wellness. It provides a clear mission, terms of reference and a framework for our work. Find the full charter in the link below. 

Charter of Commitment – Student Health and Well-Being

 

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May 23, 2017 by CSBA Leave a Comment

From the Desk of the President – May 2017


President Floyd Martens:

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ON THE DEFENCE…

 

News, being what it is, tends to focus on the sensational, scandalous, or shocking. And so it is not a surprise for our colleagues across the country or in the U.S. for that matter, that the role of public school boards is often criticized.
While this negative focus seems to be on very few Canadian School Boards, CSBA has garnishing much attention for the good work which goes on at most board tables across the country. In order to greater provide a national perspective, CSBA will be conducting a nationwide poll to develop a national trustee profile to show who and why Trustees/Commissioners do what they do. It will also provide information on the public cost for this governing body, which is a minuscule percentage of education budgets. We are collaborating on strategies with several partners to further educate the public on the considerable research showing the benefits of publicly elected governors in education. Even though efforts by provincial governments attempt to lessen the role of and splinter school boards, CSBA has recently passed policy providing for more representation at our table and a stronger, more national membership. Finally, good policy means boards regularly self-evaluate for performance and effectiveness. If you continue to put students at the centre of every decision you make you will be demonstrating the strength of democracy and public schools

 

CSBA WORK ON THE ISSUES

CSBA Members meet quarterly to discuss shared issues of national importance. We continue to work on our priority areas: Student Health and Wellness, FNMI Education and providing support for school boards across the country. In addition, we are actively working on strategies to show the importance of the role that well-governed school boards play and their positive impact on their communities.

ROLE OF SCHOOL BOARDS – The Saskatchewan government recently published a review of school board structure in which they considered the abolishment of elected boards. The public outcry however, was clearly in favour of keeping democratically elected school boards. Nationally, the role of school boards however has seen some erosion that diminishes their authority to govern. For more information, see our website for a Cross Country Snapshot: Worth looking into: Saskatchewan, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia.

FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS AND INUIT EDUCATION – Advocacy activities have included communications and meetings with the offices of INAC, provincial Premiers and the Prime Minister to call for appropriate funding for FNMI education as well as clarity on plans that will affect education following the Daniels vs. Canada case. Furthermore, we are working with and have offered our full support to the AFN and their initiatives in education. We have been following up on valuable resources provided by partners at the NCTR Round Table in January and have posted them on the CSBA website (including treaty maps, teacher resources and information to support recognition of treaty and traditional territories). Since January, we have completed work on a cross country portrait, also on our website, showing school board structure with FNMI representation, board progress with regards to the TRC Calls to Action and some promising practices today. Going forward, the committee will continue to monitor the framework that the federal ministries, INAC and FCSD are putting together on Childcare; gather information on voluntary self-identification of staff, trustees and students; examine existing agreements between First Nations communities and boards and look into permanency policy for Indigenous teachers.

 

Student health and wellness bannerSTUDENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS – After collaborating with several national partners, the CSBA has adopted a Charter of Commitment to Student Health and Wellness. It provides a clear mission, terms of reference and a framework for our work. The Charter is available on our website. Following some collaborative work with the Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium on School Health (JCSH) which represents the ministries of both Health and Education in all Canadian jurisdictions, we have added three outstanding tools to our Health and Wellness Resources, all of which are free and bilingual: Positive Mental Health Tool Kit, Youth Engagement Tool Kit, Healthy School Planner. As there is already significant work being done in individual jurisdictions on substance abuse, the SHWC committee will be doing a policy framework survey before providing recommendations for school boards on the Legalization of Cannabis. Our collaboration with Respect in Schools is being developed with a view to providing a ministry supported, national on-line training baseline on abuse, harassment and bullying for all adults who work with youth. The two recent issues of Facts on Education, published in collaboration with CEA address two health and wellness issues, providing research on The Most Effective to Ways to Support Student Mental Wellness and The Best Way to Successfully Integrate Recent Immigrants into Canadian Classrooms (see www.cdnsba.org). We are also working on a National School Health Checklist to help boards identify strengths and weaknesses in their schools.

COPYRIGHT – We continue to monitor the 2017 Federal review of copyright regulations and the impact changes could have on schools and students. CSBA is ready to defend “fair dealing” on a national scale, assisting at the CMEC coalition, with several other concerned partners.

 

 

PROVINCIAL ISSUES WITH POTENTIAL NATIONAL IMPACT :
British Columbia: Supreme court ruling (http://www.bcsta.org/TheLeader/index.php/2017/01/30/bc-

A Saskatchewan judgement requiring children to produce a baptismal certificate to attend Catholic schools (GSSD v. CTTS) has gone to appeal.

Federal: Taxation on Employee Health Benefits (https://www.mercer.ca/en/our-thinking/mercer-response-to-benefits-taxation.html

OTHER ACTIVITIES – Prime Minister’s Awards in Teaching Excellence
CSBA sits on the Advisory Board and several members are part of the selection committee for these prestigious awards for Teaching Excellence. The recipients were named and Prime Minister Trudeau distributed the awards this past month. The high quality of applicants makes it a very difficult process. If one of the teachers is from your district, you can be very proud. Our congratulations go out to:

Jim Crescenzo, Vancouver. B.C.
Johanna Gordon-Walker, Bella Bella, B.C.
Robert Hammer, Musquodoboit, N.S.
Erica Thompson, Fort McPherson, NWT
Beth Alexander, Toronto, Ontario
Don Ball, Mississauga, Ontario
Kathy Cepo, St. Thomas, Ontario
Thomas Doherty, Balmertown, Ontario
Rahim Essabhai, Toronto, Ontario
Manon, St-Hilaire, St-Jerome, Quebec
Andrea Regier, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

CSBA ANNUAL CONGRESS 2017

Whistler, BC, JULY 5-8 – The congress hotel block at the Fairmont is full, but 2 additional, adjacent hotels are still available. Please register now. Confirmed speakers include Charlene Bearhead, former Education Lead of the NCTR, Mohamed Fahmy, Canadian journalist formally imprisoned in Egypt and Yong Zhao, international speaker on innovation in education. The congress ends with a mountain top dinner that is separate from your registration, so please reserve if you are planning to attend.  www.csba2017.ca

 

 

 

 

 

COMING CSBA BOD MEETINGS:

CSBA Annual Congress, July 5-8, 2017, Whistler B.C.;

Oct. 15-16, 2017, Wendake, Quebec

 

* THE CSBA WEBSITE NOW PROVIDES ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULES FROM 8 PROVINCES ON ALL TOPICS THAT TOUCH ON GOOD GOVERNANCE.  THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 COURSES FOR TRUSTEES/COMMISSIONERS COVERING VIRTUALLY EVERY TOPIC. AVAILABLE IN TEXT OR WEBINAR FORM, MANY ARE ALSO BILINGUAL. PLEASE CHECK UNDER “RESOURCES.”


“A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period. It presupposes also an education for personal responsibility that too often

is neglected.”  


Eleanor Roosevelt

 

 

 

SINCERELY,

 

 

 

FLOYD MARTENS
PRESIDENT

2017 May – President’s Bulletin to download

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October 22, 2016 by CSBA Leave a Comment

A best practice in FNMI education

“Imaginations shared create collaboration – collaboration creates community –  community inspires social change.“… Terry Tempest Williams.

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Saskatchewan School Boards Association provide an example of what can be accomplished through working with different, sometimes non-traditional partners towards a common and youth centred purpose.

The Canadian Education Association has published an article on activities  that have proven very successful in First Nations communities with the support of the Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative Entrepreneurship Program, along with government and private partners.

Read about it here.

 

 

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February 25, 2016 by CSBA Leave a Comment

CSBA2016 Update, July 6-9, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Version 2

The Canadian School Boards Association 2016 Congress and National Trustee Gathering on Aboriginal Education will be coming to Winnipeg in less than five months. This memo will serve to bring you up to date on some recent developments in the planning of these events.

 

Version 3

 

 

 

  • The deadline for the submission of workshop proposals was February 29, 2016. The proposal form was available as a PDF under the workshops tab at csba2016.ca. IMPORTANT: We recently determined that there were some technical problems with the online submission form for certain users. The online submission option has now been removed. If your board submitted a proposal online and you did not receive confirmation of receipt, please contact me (hdemetrioff@mbschoolboards.ca) to ensure that it was received.
  • A limited number of rooms are still available at both the primary Congress hotel (the Delta Winnipeg) and our alternate facility, The Alt. Additional double-bedded rooms were just added to the block at the Delta, so if you were unable to book such a room in the past, you may want to try again. Contact information for both hotels can be found under the hotels tab at csba2016.ca.
  • Most keynote speakers for both events have been confirmed, and information about them can be found under the speakers tab at csba2016.ca. The remaining speakers will be confirmed in the next few weeks.
  • Online registration will open once the program, including all workshops, has been finalized (late March or early April). I will be sending out a notice as soon as that happens.

If you have any questions about these or other matters related to Congress or the National Trustee Gathering on Aboriginal Education, please don’t hesitate to contact Heather Demetrioff at 204-233-1595, or via email at hdemetrioff@mbschoolboards.ca. On behalf of all Manitoba school trustees, we look forward to welcoming you to Winnipeg in July!

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December 11, 2015 by CSBA Leave a Comment

The program for CSBA 2016 is beginning to take shape…

abuelaishDr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, now based at the University of Toronto, wrote a memoir called “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey” in which he describes the horrific events surrounding the death of his three daughters. There has not perhaps been a more pertinent time to hear his words or learn from his wisdom so sorrowfully won.

Dr. Abuelaish will be a key-note speaker at the upcoming CSBA Annual Conference. The (call for presentations) has just gone out and we invite you to refer to the conference website for more information on presenting along with this incredible man, Big Daddy Taz, Michael Redhead Champagne and other leaders from across the country.

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December 11, 2015 by CSBA Leave a Comment

Winnipeg awaits…

14593696086_a9da8783c4_bSite of the new National Museum for Human Rights, home to the Jets, the Bombers and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Winnipeg has something to offer for everyone.  Please plan to join us for the Annual CSBA congress, as well as the Gathering on Aboriginal Education for what promises to be an interesting and inspiring opportunity to learn, to grow and to hear from experts in areas that are of utmost importance in education today.  For the first time, CSBA is collaborating with CASSA, also in town for their annual conference, for some of the programming.  Check out the conference website (csba2016.ca) for information on program, accommodation and much more.

 

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June 29, 2015 by CSBA Leave a Comment

The Truth and Reconciliation Report has 94 recommendations.

headings - Version 4This tragic part of our Canadian history deserves our full attention.   This ADVOCACY PAPER, created by the Aboriginal Education Council and adopted by OPSBA unanimously at their recent AGM, is in the process of being adapted for national use.  In the words of Paul Martin, “If we do not step forward, then we step back, if we do not protect a right, then we deny it.”   It is time to step forward to ensure a bright future for all our young people.

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June 29, 2015 by CSBA Leave a Comment

CSBA 2015 – Destination Saskatoon!

456753_3936330170168_1486090429_oCSBA 2015 is hours away and the stage is set!  Information on CSBA Annual Congress as well as the National Trustee Gathering on Aboriginal Education is available at www.csba2015.ca.  Welcome to warm and wonderful Saskatoon!

 

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January 6, 2015 by CSBA Leave a Comment

Check out the last CSBA newsletter…

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The CSBA Newsletter will bring you up to date on recent CSBA activities, provide you with a snapshot of what each province is focusing on at the moment and let you know about programs that may be important to your students.

In case you were wondering who we are, this will answer your questions.  Sign up on the website and receive it each quarter…

 

 

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August 5, 2014 by CSBA 1 Comment

Niagara Falls hosted almost 600 people in education from across Canada come to hear the wise speak to what needs to change

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School trustees and senior school administrators from across the country attended the CSBA 2014 congress, in addition to the National Trustee Gathering on Aboriginal Education and the OPSBA AGM which were held in conjunction with the annual congress in Niagara Falls this past July.

pasiSahlbergOPSBA were extraordinary hosts of a well run event with an exceptional program. International speakers brought perspective and wisdom and provided direction that certainly will have an impact on the strategic planning of the trustees of our Canadian education system.  

Check out our recent newsletter for more information on this event and the next CSBA Congress.

 

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