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Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers
Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers

Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers

Date10/2/1979
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Signs of frustration: Parents and their children picket the York Region District School Board's offices in the snow yesterday, demanding the lockout of 3,214 public elementary teachers be lifted
Signs of frustration: Parents and their children picket the York Region District School Board's offices in the snow yesterday, demanding the lockout of 3,214 public elementary teachers be lifted
11/16/1998
Famed British educator Sir Alexander Clegg talks with some of the 400 principals and teachers who listened to his address yesterday at Glenforest Secondar School in Mississauga. He was knighted in 1965 for outstanding contributions to British education. Yesterday, he toured a number of Peel county schools.
Famed British educator Sir Alexander Clegg talks with some of the 400 principals and teachers who listened to his address yesterday at Glenforest Secondar School in Mississauga. He was knighted in 1965 for outstanding contributions to British education. Yesterday, he toured a number of Peel county schools.
11/2/1970
Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers, thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region class(...)
Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers, thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region class(...)
4/6/1977
About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
4/6/1977
On the 42nd day of a strike by secondary school teachers in York Region, York Trustees Jack Mackay (left) and Warren Bailie (centre) talk with William(...)
On the 42nd day of a strike by secondary school teachers in York Region, York Trustees Jack Mackay (left) and Warren Bailie (centre) talk with William(...)
3/13/1974
Stoking up: Don Watson, an early childhood consultant, dresses up a hot dog for Cheryl Bain, 12, on the Toronto elementary teachers picket line at Queen Alexandra Public School yesterday
Stoking up: Don Watson, an early childhood consultant, dresses up a hot dog for Cheryl Bain, 12, on the Toronto elementary teachers picket line at Queen Alexandra Public School yesterday
9/23/1987
Negotiating new contracts for teachers in elementary and secondary separate schools in seven scattered districts of Ontario, Leo Normandeau (left), th(...)
Negotiating new contracts for teachers in elementary and secondary separate schools in seven scattered districts of Ontario, Leo Normandeau (left), th(...)
1/5/1975
Principal attraction: After 41 years as an educator, Jack Davy is retiring this month as principal of Humber Valley Village Junior-Middle School. Community has planned a huge reception for him today, starting at 7 p.m. in the school. He chats with admirers in front of special billboard.
Principal attraction: After 41 years as an educator, Jack Davy is retiring this month as principal of Humber Valley Village Junior-Middle School. Community has planned a huge reception for him today, starting at 7 p.m. in the school. He chats with admirers in front of special billboard.
6/7/1976
Forty-Eight hours before they are due to vote on whether to accept the school boards' offer, striking secondary school teachers showed up today on pic(...)
Forty-Eight hours before they are due to vote on whether to accept the school boards' offer, striking secondary school teachers showed up today on pic(...)
1/5/1976
With a day off from their usual picket duties at Central Technical School three striking math teachers today picket the home of school trustee Dan Lec(...)
With a day off from their usual picket duties at Central Technical School three striking math teachers today picket the home of school trustee Dan Lec(...)
11/26/1975
Head of teachers' negotiating team, Dough Dinsmore (seated), talks to striking high school teacher Raymond Auger at meeting of more than 1,500 Etobico(...)
Head of teachers' negotiating team, Dough Dinsmore (seated), talks to striking high school teacher Raymond Auger at meeting of more than 1,500 Etobico(...)
12/1/1975
Before crossing a picket line of striking students at Eastern High School of Commerce give the teachers coffee today
Before crossing a picket line of striking students at Eastern High School of Commerce give the teachers coffee today
11/12/1975