- Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association
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OECTA Full name Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association Founded 1943 Members 44,000 Country Canada Affiliation CLC, CTF and EI. Key people James Ryan, President Office location Toronto, Canada Website oecta.on.ca The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) is an organization that represents teachers in publicly funded Roman Catholic schools in Ontario, Canada. It is an affiliated with the Ontario Teachers’ Federation, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation and Education International. While the CTF in general is not affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress, the OECTA directly affiliates itself with it.
OECTA has 44,000 members as of 2008[update]. Its mandate includes both the support of its members through collective bargaining and the promotion of Catholic values.
OECTA holds an annual meeting to elect officers, pass resolutions, and (if desired) to amend the constitution. The Provincial Executive meets on a monthly basis to administer the Association between annual meetings and to coordinate relations with the Ontario Teachers' Federation.
Presidents
Name Took Office Left Office Margaret Lynch 1944 1945 Very Reverend B.W. Harrigan 1945 1947 Raymond J. Bergin 1947 1948 Reverend Brother Thaddeus 1948 1949 Dorthea McDonell 1949 1950 Patrick Perdue 1950 1951 Mother Mary Lenore 1951 1953 Margaret Drago 1953 1955 Reverend C.L. Siegried 1955 1956 Mary W. Flynn 1956 1958 Sister M. Vincentia 1958 1960 Reverend J.H. Conway 1960 1962 Patrick O'Leary 1962 1963 Veronica Houlahan 1963 1964 Sister Frances McCann 1964 1965 Karl Bohren 1965 1966 Sister M. Aloysia 1966 1967 Ruth Willis 1967 1968 John Rodriguez 1968 1969 John Kuchinak 1969 1970 Marie Kennedy 1970 1971 Reverend J. Frank Kavanagh 1971 1972 James Carey 1972 1973 Robert Cooney 1973 1974 Leo Normandeau 1974 1975 Derry Byrne 1975 1977 Peter Gazzola 1977 1978 Doreen Brady 1978 1980 George Saranchuk 1980 1982 Kevin Kennedy 1982 1984 T. John Fauteux 1984 1986 Jim Cooney 1986 1988 Eileen Lennon 1988 1990 Michael Coté 1990 1992 Helen Biales 1992 1993 Clare Ross 1993 1995 Marilies Rettig 1995 1997 Marshall Jarvis 1997 1999 Jim Smith 1999 2001 Kathy McVean 2001 2003 Donna Marie Kennedy 2003 2007 Elaine MacNeil 2007 2008 James Ryan 2009 2011 Kevin O'Dwyer 2011 2013 Source: OECTA Report to Members, March 2008
- Ruth Willis spent her entire teaching career with the Windsor Separate School Board, and was its first primary consultant. She held a Bachelor of Arts degree from Assumption University, and a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit. She was secretary of OECTA’s Windsor District, before joining the provincial executive in 1965. She died on July 15, 2006, at age 91.[1]
- John Kuchinak began teaching with the Metropolitan Separate School Board (later renamed the Toronto District Catholic School Board) in 1959, and was a principal from 1965 to 1989. In 1967, he chaired a convention entitled "The role of the Catholic school in a pluralistic society".[2] He received an Ontario Teachers' Federation Fellowship in 1979, and an OECTA Life Membership in 1991. He was known for his work on teachers, and in particular for his work in winning equal pensions for teachers who were members of religious orders. He died on November 29, 2005, at age 72.[3]
External links
Footnotes
- ^ Obituaries, Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association Agenda, October 2006.
- ^ "Catholic schools under probe", Toronto Star, 11 November 1967, 39.
- ^ "Obituaries", OECTA, accessed 29 August 2008.
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AffiliatesPresidents Claude Jodoin (1956–1966) · Donald MacDonald (1967–1974) · Joe Morris (1974–1978) · Dennis McDermott (1978–1986) · Shirley Carr (1986–1992) · Bob White (1992–1999) · Ken Georgetti (1999–present)
See Also Categories:- Canadian Labour Congress
- Canadian Teachers' Federation
- Education trade unions
- Organizations established in 1943
- Education in Ontario
- Roman Catholic Church organizations
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