Media Advisory - 2014 Conference: the AEFO Turns 75 and Defines its Social Mandate

OTTAWA, March 6, 2014 /CNW/ - It is with the future in mind that the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) will celebrate 75 years of achievements during its 2014 policy conference. The AEFO will seize the opportunity to define the role it wishes to play, as a French-language union in Ontario, in shaping tomorrow's society.

The AEFO will also launch a virtual exhibition on its history, which will highlight the work it has done to improve teachers' working conditions, as well as its important contributions to the field of education and the francophonie. Finally, the AEFO will hand out its Prix anniversaire to two people who are actively contributing to the development of the Franco-Ontarian community.

More than 200 AEFO members from across Ontario are expected at the Conference to be held March 8 to 11, 2014, at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa. In addition to discussing their union's social mandate, delegates will elect members of the AEFO's executive committee for 2014-2016. Delegates will also hear from the Minister of Education, the honourable Liz Sandals, as well as from the two opposition parties' Education critics.

Agenda Highlights
Media are asked to register at the Nunavut Room, 4^th floor.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

2 p.m.	Round table on the AEFO's social mandate - Provinces/Confederation I-II Ballrooms, 4^th floor
5 p.m.	Launch of virtual exhibition on AEFO achievements and Prix anniversaire awards ceremony - Governor General I-II Ballroom, 4^th floor

Monday, March 10, 2014*

11 a.m.

Speech by the honourable Liz Sandals, Minister of Education - Provinces/Confederation I-II Ballrooms, 4^th floor

* The election of the AEFO's provincial executive committee members will be ongoing at various times of the day.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

10:30 a.m.	Speech by the AEFO's President-Elect - Provinces/Confederation I-II Ballrooms, 4^th floor
12 p.m.	End of the Conference

The AEFO has some 10 000 members and represents teachers from Ontario French-language elementary and secondary schools, catholic and public, as well as professional, administrative, and support staff working in various francophone work environments.

SOURCE: Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO)

Marilyne Guèvremont, Executive - Communication Services
613 244-2336, ext. 309, 613 850-6410, [email protected]