ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ FEDERATION OF ONTARIO

REPORT TO THE 2015 ANNUAL MEETING

Advancing and Protecting Our Union, Our Values and Our Profession

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Overseas Support

CTF Trust Fund

Through the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) 
Trust Fund Initiatives, ETFO contributed $63,500 
to support projects by international organiza-
tions including: 

y

 African Women in Education Network (AWEN) 

y

 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

y

 Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) – Status 

of Women Committee

y

 Education International (EI) Latin America

y

 EI Initiative and John Thompson program

y

 Pan African Teachers’ Centre (PATC)

y

 South Asia Association for Regional 

Cooperation Women’s Network (SAARC)

y

 Teachers’ Action for Teaching

y

 Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU)

y

 Teachers’ Action for Teacher Organizations

y

 Ghana National Teachers Union (GNAT)

y

 MATCH International Centre

y

 CODE - Canadian Organization for 

Development Through Education 

This year, ETFO provided overseas scholar-
ships totalling $28,500 to the CTF Trust Fund for 
women teachers in Uganda, Ghana, Sierra Leone, 
South East Asia, South Asia and the Caribbean; 
to the Hope for Rwanda’s Children Fund for 
scholarships for female students; and to the 
Women’s Wing of Swaziland National Association 
of Teachers for scholarships for women teachers 
and female students.

Nepal Relief Efforts

When the tragic earthquake struck Nepal in 
April, ETFO and its locals moved quickly to send 
funds for relief efforts. The Federation made 
initial donations of $10,000 to the Canadian Red 
Cross and another $10,000 to the Education 
International Solidarity fund to support educa-
tion affiliates in Nepal and their individual mem-
bers and families. 

ETFO locals made donations of $20,950 for Nepal 
aid. Given that ETFO had pledged to match 
donations from ETFO locals up to an additional 
$20,000, the total donation from the Federation 
rose to $40,000.

Nepal Disaster Relief

Matching Funds from ETFO 
Provincial, $20,000

Donations by  

ETFO Locals, $20,300

ETFO Provincial 

Donation, $20,000