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      <title>ETFO Says Teachers Assess Students Better Than EQAO Tests</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) says that teachers, not EQAO tests, are best able to assess student performance and growth and provide the feedback students need to succeed.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/30/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:23:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Elementary Teachers Donate $10,000 for Pakistan Flood Relief</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> More than 500 delegates attending the annual meeting of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) voted today to donate $10,000 for Pakistan flood relief.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Elementary Teachers Donate $10,000 for Pakistan Flood Relief</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:04:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Union activist Martin Long Receives ETFO President’s Award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Martin Long, president of the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT) has received ETFO’s prestigious 2010 President’s Award. The award, presented by President Sam Hammond at the Federation’s 2010 annual meeting, recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to ETFO.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Union activist Martin Long Receives ETFO President’s Award</div>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:37:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>York Region Teacher Awarded Honorary Life Membership by ETFO</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Former York Region teacher Wendy Van Straten was honoured by her colleagues last night when she was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at its Annual Meeting in Toronto. Honorary Life Memberships, the Federation’s highest form of recognition, are given to members who have retired from the education profession and who have given outstanding service to the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> York Region Teacher Awarded Honorary Life Membership by ETFO</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:37:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Former Peel Keewatin-Patricia Teacher Honoured By ETFO</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Cathryn Hare, an educator with the Thames Valley, Peel and Keewatin-Patricia Boards of Education, was honoured by her colleagues last night when she was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at its Annual Meeting in Toronto. Honorary Life Memberships, the Federation’s highest form of recognition, are given to members who have retired from the education profession and who have given outstanding service to the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Former Peel/Keewatin-Patricia Teacher Honoured By ETFO</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:32:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Former Upper Grand Teacher Awarded Honorary Life Membership by ETFO</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Former Upper Grand teacher Lynda McDougall was honoured by her colleagues last night when she was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at its Annual Meeting in Toronto. Honorary Life Memberships, the Federation’s highest form of recognition, are given to members who have retired from the education profession and who have given outstanding service to the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Former Upper Grand Teacher Awarded Honorary Life Membership by ETFO</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:28:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Margaret Dempsey, an educator and former president of the Federation of Women Teachers’ Associations of Ontario, was honoured by her colleagues last night when she was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at its Annual Meeting in Toronto. Honorary Life Memberships, the Federation’s highest form of recognition, are given to members who have retired from the education profession and who have given outstanding service to the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Former Ottawa- Carleton Teacher and Union Activist Honoured By ETFO</div>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:24:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Sheryl Hoshizaki, a former President of the Federation of Women Teachers’ Associations of Ontario, was honoured by her colleagues last night when she was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at its Annual Meeting in Toronto. Honorary Life Memberships, the Federation’s highest form of recognition, are given to members who have retired from the education profession and who have given outstanding service to the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Former York Region Principal Honoured By ETFO</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:19:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Former Temiskaming Teacher and Union Activist Honoured By ETFO</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Barb Burkett, an educator and life-long activist, was honoured by her colleagues last night when she was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at its Annual Meeting in Toronto. Honorary Life Memberships, the Federation’s highest form of recognition, are given to members who have retired from the education profession and who have given outstanding service to the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Former Temiskaming Teacher and Union Activist Honoured By ETFO</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:14:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Date Published:</b> 3/10/2004</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> None</div>
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      <author>Richard Harbridge</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:58:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Former Ontario Teachers’ Federation President and ETFO Staff Honoured By ETFO</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Bill Martin, a long-time educator and union activist, was honoured by his colleagues last night when he was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at its Annual Meeting in Toronto. Honorary Life Memberships, the Federation’s highest form of recognition, are given to members who have retired from the education profession and who have given outstanding service to the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Former Ontario Teachers’ Federation President and ETFO Staff Honoured By ETFO</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:09:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Former Durham Teacher Honoured By ETFO</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Maret Sädem Thompson was honoured by her colleagues last night when she was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at its Annual Meeting in Toronto. Honorary Life Memberships, the Federation’s highest form of recognition, are given to members who have retired from the education profession and who have given outstanding service to the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/19/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Former Durham Teacher Honoured By ETFO</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:04:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ETFO Pledges $225,000 over 5 Years to Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) today pledged $45,000 annually for the next five years to the Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Literacy Programs.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/18/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> ETFO Pledges $225,000 over 5 Years to Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:48:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Brantford Teacher Re-Elected First Vice-President of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Susan Swackhammer, a teacher with the Grand Erie District School Board was today re-elected first vice-president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO).</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/18/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Brantford Teacher Re-Elected First Vice-President of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:18:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Halton Teacher Re-Elected Vice-President of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> Maureen Weinberger, a teacher with the Halton District School Board, was re-elected as vice-president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) at the Federation’s annual meeting in Toronto today.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/18/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Halton Teacher Re-Elected Vice-President of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Peel Teacher Wins ETFO Award for Local Website</title>
      <link>http://www.etfo.ca/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/Pages/Peel Teacher Wins ETFO Award for Local Website.aspx</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented Anshu Paliwal with an award for 2010 Local Website of the Year for his work in maintaining the website for the Peel Elementary Occasional Teacher Local. The website www.peot.ca is a valuable resource centre for elementary teachers.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Peel Teacher Wins ETFO Award for Local Website</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:31:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Peel Teacher Wins ETFO Occasional Teacher of the Year Award</title>
      <link>http://www.etfo.ca/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/Pages/Peel Teacher Wins ETFO Occasional Teacher of the Year Award.aspx</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented Peel occasional teacher Carole Edgar with its 2010 Occasional Teacher of the Year Award. The award is the highest form of recognition presented to an occasional teacher by the Federation.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Peel Teacher Wins ETFO Occasional Teacher of the Year Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Niagara Teacher Wins ETFO Newsletter Editor’s Award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented Todd Rimmington of the Niagara Teacher Local with its 2010 Newsletter Editor’s Award (single-sheet publication).</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Niagara Teacher Wins ETFO Newsletter Editor’s Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:44:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Toronto Teacher Wins ETFO Newsletter Editor’s Award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented teacher librarian Bruce Stodart of the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT) Local with its 2010 Newsletter Editor’s Award (multi-sheet category).</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Toronto Teacher Wins ETFO Newsletter Editor’s Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Halton Teacher Wins ETFO's Newsletter Editor's Award</title>
      <link>http://www.etfo.ca/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/Pages/Halton Teacher Wins ETFO's Newsletter Editor's Award.aspx</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented occasional teacher Cecile Leach of the Halton Elementary Occasional Teacher Local with its 2010 Newsletter Editor’s Award (multi-sheet category).</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Halton Teacher Wins ETFO&#39;s Newsletter Editor&#39;s Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:24:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ETFO Honours York Region Teacher for Health and Safety Activism</title>
      <link>http://www.etfo.ca/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/Pages/ETFO Honours York Region Teacher for Health and Safety Activism.aspx</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has honoured York Region teacher Colin Wackett of the York Region Teacher Local for his activism in the area of health and safety issues.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> ETFO Honours York Region Teacher for Health and Safety Activism</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Superior Greenstone Teacher Wins ETFO Multi-Media Award</title>
      <link>http://www.etfo.ca/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/Pages/Superior Greenstone Teacher Wins ETFO Multi-Media Award.aspx</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented Superior Greenstone Teacher Angie Bolt with its 2010 Multi-Media Award. Angie won for her collaborative work with students that produced a popular anti-bullying video called “Don’t Bully Me.”</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Superior Greenstone Teacher Wins ETFO Multi-Media Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:11:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hamilton-Wentworth Teacher Wins ETFO Writer’s Award</title>
      <link>http://www.etfo.ca/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/Pages/Hamilton-Wentworth Teacher Wins ETFO Writer’s Award.aspx</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented Hamilton-Wentworth teacher Sue Irwin with its 2010 Writer’s Award – Women’s Program. The award was given for her unpublished work “His Stories Were a Real Snoozer”, a delightful short story about how children’s author Robert Munsch became an author.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Hamilton-Wentworth Teacher Wins ETFO Writer’s Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:06:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>York Region Teacher Wins ETFO Writer’s Award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented York Region teacher Christopher Dinsdale with its 2010 Writer’s Award. A member of York Region Teacher Local, Christopher received the award for his book “Betrayed: The Legend of Oak Island” published by Napoleon Publishing.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> York Region Teacher Wins ETFO Writer’s Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented Niagara teacher Jacqueline Kelly with its 2010 Writer’s Award. The award was given for her unpublished work “Boiling Point”, a gripping story about the environmental effects of the Alberta Tar Sands project on surrounding First Nations communities.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Niagara Teacher Wins ETFO Writer’s Award for Tar Sands Story</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.etfo.ca/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/Pages/Hamilton-Wentworth Teachers Win ETFO Curriculum Award.aspx</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented teachers from the Hamilton-Wentworth Occasional Teacher Local with a Curriculum Development award for their work in helping teachers work with English Language Learners (ELL).</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Hamilton-Wentworth Teachers Win ETFO Curriculum Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:49:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented five teachers from Kawartha Pine Ridge with its 2010 Women Who Develop Special Projects in Science &amp; Technology – Women’s Program Award. The women, who all teach at Brighton Public School, won the award for their “Monarch Butterfly Project”, which has captured the hearts and attention of students, teachers and the surrounding community.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Kawartha Teachers Win ETFO Award for Science, Technology Project</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:42:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ETFO Honours Waterloo Women for Outstanding Social Activism</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has honoured a Waterloo women’s group with its 2010 Women Working in Social Activism on Behalf of Women and Children – Women’s Program Award. The committee of local women organized a two-day school conducted this year for women wanting to break into municipal politics.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> ETFO Honours Waterloo Women for Outstanding Social Activism</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:35:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented local teacher Philip May with its 2010 Arts and Culture Award for his work in organizing high profile music concerts in support of charitable causes. The Arts and Culture Award is granted to an active member or group of members of the ETFO to recognize involvement in arts and cultural activities outside of their professional duties.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> Rainbow Teacher Wins ETFO Award for Arts and Culture</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>York Region Teacher Wins ETFO’s New Teacher of the Year Award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div><b>Description:</b> The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has presented Krystyna Kazilis, a special education resource teacher in York Region, with its 2010 New Teacher of the Year Award. The award recognizes a teacher in the first five years of teaching who has demonstrated exemplary teaching practices, who has been involved with the Federation, and who personifies the goals and objectives of ETFO.</div>
<div><b>Contact:</b> Aida Azarakhsh</div>
<div><b>Date Published:</b> 8/17/2010</div>
<div><b>School Year:</b> 2009 - 2010</div>
<div><b>Title:</b> York Region Teacher Wins ETFO’s New Teacher of the Year Award</div>
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      <author>Aida Azarakhsh</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:23:06 GMT</pubDate>
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