News – Page 9 – The Manitoba Teachers' Society

New and Improved Member Mental Health Services

October 4, 2021 MTS is expanding its services to members in 2022, extending the scope of therapeutic counselling while adding programs to promote mental health and wellbeing. Starting January 1, 2022,... Read More...

RTAM Pre-Retirement Seminar

October 4, 2021 RTAM Pre-Retirement Seminar features: Retirement from a retired teacher’s perspective! Are you contemplating retiring in the next 5 years? Retirees talk about finances, benefit... Read More...

MTS Launches New Ad Campaign

October 1, 2021 MTS launched a new campaign to keep public education on the agenda. The Public Education Matters campaign, launched on Sept. 27, focuses on what comes after Bill 64. The ads reinfo... Read More...

Minister Cullen Hits Pause on Better Education Strategy

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...

Bill 64 Officially Dead

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...

MTS Keeps Heat on Bill 64 in New TV Ad

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...

Province Mandates Vaccines for Teachers

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...

Manitoba Teachers Call For Back-to-School Vaccine Requirement

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 Toolkit

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...

‘Premature’ to Lift Mask Mandate: MTS

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...