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Meet the NDP candidates

A profile of the five NDP leadership candidates and their educational beliefs

UCP AGM passes resolutions on education

UCP calls for trades in schools, removal of sex education and making membership of the ATA optional.

Meet the UCP candidates

The seven UCP candidates were invited to submit a biography and statement of educational beliefs for publication in the ATA News.

Teachers' convention season kicks off

For more than 80 years, the ATA’s teachers’ conventions have created space for meaningful professional growth for Alberta’s teachers.

Elections Alberta finds ATA advertising complies with election laws

The recently wrapped-up investigation found that the ATA’s advertising was conducted in compliance with election advertising rules.

ATA urges government to reconsider COVID-19 policy

The ATA has added its voice to the chorus of organizations calling on the government to keep COVID-19 vaccinations free and accessible for all Albertans.

Remember this number

The ATA will be paying close attention to the amount allocated to public education in this year's budget

Teachers do not support intrusive and unnecessary testing

the province is ordering teachers to test every student twice, and some three times

ATA urges action as education spending lags behind

As teachers and students return to classrooms, a lack of funding persists.

ATA to host Margaret Atwood talk on public education

Tickets are now on sale!

Teachers need to be consulted on troubling consequences of new policies

ATA statement in response to new policy directions affecting schools and supports for gender and relationship diverse students.

PD program area gets new associate co-ordinator

Monique Gravel is the ATA’s new associate co-ordinator of Professional Development

Quebec’s Heidi Yetman to lead CTF in 2023

Heidi Yetman, president of the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers, elected president-designate at first in-person AGM since 2019

Statement on Bill 15 Passage

The Alberta Teachers’ Association President Jason Schilling issues a statement in response to the passage of Bill 15.

From the mail room to elected office

Mark Ramsankar shares his incredible diversity of volunteer experience and the lessons he learned through his many roles.