5,200 Members Connected Province-Wide

Members of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) had a chance to ask questions, share concerns and raise issues affecting their classrooms during an hour-long telephone town hall with MTS President James Bedford... Read More...

Mental Health and Wellbeing for Teachers

Mental Health Code Red: A Teacher's Guide Your school may or may not be in Code Red, but from a mental health perspective, you probably are. Mental Health Code Red: a Teacher’s Guide, was prepared by MTS Dis... Read More...

MTS Backs UMFA

The Manitoba Teachers’ Society is supporting strike action by the University of Manitoba Faculty Association. The association could go on strike as early as Monday. At a special meeting of the MTS Provincial... Read More...

Code Red, Schools Stay Open

Effective Thursday, November 12, the province of Manitoba will move to the critical level (red) on the Pandemic Response System. There will be no change to schools in the K-12 education system. All schools i... Read More...

Teacher Exemptions

Public Health has confirmed that asymptomatic teachers, with a household member who is symptomatic, are exempt from self-isolation orders, as long as the teacher wears a medical mask. This exemption, which a... Read More...

Workload Issues Unaddressed

Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that three non-instructional days taken from teachers at the beginning of the school year will be re-added to the 2020-21 school calendar. “We have been calling o... Read More...

Safety Urged for Students, Staff

A group of educators has written an open letter to Premier Brian Pallister calling on the government to implement measures to ensure schools are safe for staff and students. “We write to you today, in solida... Read More...