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September 2, 2021 Education Minister Cliff Cullen faced the media today, announcing that the government will be “pausing the work” associated with its Better Education Starts Today (BEST) strategy in... Read More...

September 1, 2021 Teachers across the province are elated that Bill 64 will not proceed. Interim Premier Goertzen announced this afternoon that the five bills held over for this session – includin... Read More...

August 25, 2021 Bill 64 appears to be on life support, and MTS, along with our education allies, can take great pride in rallying the public to stand with teachers in opposition to the bill. That sai... Read More...

August 24, 2021 Indoor Mask Requirements to Come The provincial government today answered the call of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society and announced that all school staff must be fully immunized for ... Read More...

August 17, 2021 Members of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Provincial Executive voted unanimously in support of stronger health and safety measures by calling on the government to require all public s... Read More...

Bill 64 proposes the elimination of democratically elected school boards, the creation of a provincial education authority, school division amalgamations reducing the 37 divisions to 15 “regional catchment ... Read More...

August 5, 2021 This afternoon, Education Minister Cliff Cullen and Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, announced plans for reopening K-12 schools in Manitoba this fall. They no... Read More...

June 28, 2021 Almost two out of three (64 per cent) of participants in The Second National Climate Survey on Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia in Canadian Schools reported hearing homophobic, biphobi... Read More...

Yes, you can still show your pride in the middle of a pandemic. Send your pics to coms@mbteach.org with #ShowUsYourPride in the subject line - and we’ll publish as many as we can on this page. Of course, it... Read More...

For the third time due to the pandemic, the Manitoba Teachers’ Society has had to go online with its main publication, The Manitoba Teacher. It marks only the fourth time in its 100-year history it has not appe... Read More...