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Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers, thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region class(...)
Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers, thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region class(...)

Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers, thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region class(...)

Date4/6/1977
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  • Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers; thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region classes today and gathered at board of education headquarters in Mississauga. We're being used as political pawns and we don't need the aggravation; a student said.
  • Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers, thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region class(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Protesting a contract deadlock between school board and its teachers; thousands of placard-waving high school students walked out of Peel Region classes today and gathered at board of education headquarters in Mississauga. We're being used as political pawns and we don't need the aggravation; a student said.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011432F
      GeographyCountryCanada
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      GeographyCity, town, twpMississauga
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      GeographyProvince or StateOntario
      GeographyRegion or DistrictPeel (Ont. : Regional municipality)
      About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
      About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      4/6/1977
      Class action: Catholic high school students carry signs as they gather at Queen's Park today to urge an end to a work-to-rule campaign by teachers volved in a contract dispute with their board
      Class action: Catholic high school students carry signs as they gather at Queen's Park today to urge an end to a work-to-rule campaign by teachers volved in a contract dispute with their board
      Bull, Ron
      3/5/1992
      His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
      His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      5/16/1978
      United they walk: Students parade outside the Dufferin-peel separate school board to protest work-to-rule by teachers
      United they walk: Students parade outside the Dufferin-peel separate school board to protest work-to-rule by teachers
      Calleja, Frank
      6/1/1993
      Tying up rush-hour on Queen St yesterday thousands of demonstrators waving placards flood along road between University Ave. and Yonge St. on way to Q(...)
      Tying up rush-hour on Queen St yesterday thousands of demonstrators waving placards flood along road between University Ave. and Yonge St. on way to Q(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      11/4/1971
      Protesting the call for binding arbitration by Education Minister Thomas Wells, 1,600 York Region teachers, parents and students march through Aurora (...)
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      Goode, Jeff
      3/11/1974
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      Protesting the call for binding arbitration by Education Minister Thomas Wells, 1,600 York Region teachers, parents and students march through Aurora (...)
      Goode, Jeff
      3/12/1974
      Separate school teachers carrying placards picket the offices of the separate school board yesterday to protest lack of a salary settlement with the board. [Incomplete]
      Separate school teachers carrying placards picket the offices of the separate school board yesterday to protest lack of a salary settlement with the board. [Incomplete]
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      5/1/1970
      Angry separate school teachers rally at Queen's Park last night protesting the Ontario government's failure to make clear its position on the federal wage guidelines
      Angry separate school teachers rally at Queen's Park last night protesting the Ontario government's failure to make clear its position on the federal wage guidelines
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      11/4/1975
      Placard-carrying students from River-dale Collegiate march on the Legislature last night to protest the layoff of 12 of their teachers. Student Counci(...)
      Placard-carrying students from River-dale Collegiate march on the Legislature last night to protest the layoff of 12 of their teachers. Student Counci(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      4/18/1978
      Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers
      Just reading: Vice-principal William Turff chats with 2 of 21 youngsters who turned up yesterday at Forest Glen Public School during the first day of the strike by Peel Region's 2,600 striking elementary school teachers
      Bezant, Graham
      10/2/1979
      Picketing alongside striking teachers, students at L'Amoureaux Collegiate in Scarborough march with their own placards yesterday, calling for an end t(...)
      Picketing alongside striking teachers, students at L'Amoureaux Collegiate in Scarborough march with their own placards yesterday, calling for an end t(...)
      McConnell, Colin
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