Half a million Canadian teachers, education professionals and education workers represented at EI World Congress in Ottawa, July 21-26

OTTAWA, July 7, 2015 /CNW/ - Half a million teachers, education professionals and education workers in Canada will be represented at the quadrennial 7^th Education International (EI) World Congress in Ottawa, July 21-26. The Canadians are among the 2,000 delegates, observers and guests from over 150 countries representing 402 organizations as part of EI's 30-million membership. They will examine global issues in education, including austerity measures, public education, trade union movements, commercialization of education, GBLTT, Indigenous rights and the prevention of school-related gender-based violence.

EI Canadian Affiliate Members are:

• Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF), Ottawa
• Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), Montréal
• Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec, Confédération des syndicats nationaux (FNEEQ-CSN), Montréal
• Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université (FQPPU), Montréal
• Fédération du personnel professionnel des universités et de la recherche (FPPU), Trois-Rivières, Quebec
• Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), Ottawa

EI President Susan Hopgood and EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen will present the top issues at a news conference at 11 a.m., Sunday, July 19. The presidents of the EI Canadian Affiliate Members will also be available at the conference to provide regional and national perspectives.

Details:

What:	EI World Congress
Who:	2,000 delegates, observers and guests.
When:	Pre-congress events, July 19-21, and Congress, July 21-26, 2015
Where:	Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
How:	Download EI's free app to access congress documents, the calendar of resolutions, live news and our twitter feed (#unite4ed)

Click here to find out the ten top reasons why media should cover the event.

Key events

Tuesday, July 21 –	5:00 p.m.	Official opening ceremony
Wednesday, July 22 –	2:15 p.m.	Elections of Executive Board and Regional positions
	2:45 p.m.	Resolutions: The Response to Privatization, Commercialization and Financing
Thursday, July 23 –	9:30 a.m.	Resolutions: The Right to Educational Quality, Equity and Learning
	6:00 p.m.	Book launch of Flip the System
Friday, July 24 –	10:30 a.m.	Resolutions on Human and Trade Union Rights
	2:00 p.m.	Resolutions on Austerity, Debt and Commodification of Education
	4:15 p.m.	Resolutions on Improving our Status and Employment Conditions
Saturday, July 25 –	9:00 a.m.	Resolutions on The World We Want
	2:00 p.m.	Presentation of Budget
	5:00 p.m.	EI Awards Ceremony: Awards presented to Ms. Luisa Bautista-Yu (the Philippines) and Ahmed Jassam SalihAl-shiblawi (Iraq)
Sunday, July 26 –	9:00 a.m.	Resolutions on EI Structures and Dues
	10:00 a.m.	Resolutions on Solidarity and Unity
	12:00 to 1:00 p.m.	Official closing ceremony (Closing speech from EI President Susan Hopgood)

Click here for the proposed resolutions.

SOURCE Canadian Teachers' Federation

EI Headquarters, Brussels: Timo Linsenmaier, [phone] (Brussels); Andrew King, [phone]; Canada: Francine Filion (CTF), 1-613-688-4314; Valérie Dufour (CAUT), 1-613-293-1810; Quebec: Christine Marceau (CSQ), 1-514-235-5082; France Désaulniers (FNEEQ-CSN), 1-514-219-2947; Hans-Olivier Poirier Grenier (FQPPU), 1-514-755-5858; Claude Fortin (FPPU), 1-819-649-1822