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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...

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...

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...

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...

Teacher Workload Unsustainable The Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) is renewing their call on the provincial government to use the $85.4 million in federal education funding to hire more staff, increase acce... Read More...

  What is single-tier provincial bargaining? Currently, each of the 38 bargaining units negotiate separate collective agreements. Single-tier provincial bargaining means that all teachers, excep... Read More...

Members of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) had a chance to ask questions, share concerns and raise issues affecting their classrooms amid COVID-19 during an hour-long telephone town hall with MTS Presi... Read More...

New blended learning option ‘setting teachers up to fail’ Manitoba’s Chief Public Heath Officer, Dr. Brent Roussin today announced that schools in the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region and the Northern health reg... Read More...

MTS President James Bedford welcomes teachers to this year's virtual MTS PD Day and thanks SAGEs for creating engaging and educational online sessions.... Read More...

The annual MTS membership telephone poll is currently underway. During this time, you may be contacted by Viewpoints Research to share your concerns and priorities for this school year, as well as offer feedbac... Read More...