Media Advisory - Annual meeting of the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens: the AEFO turns 80!

OTTAWA, Feb. 21, 2019 /CNW/ - More than 160 delegates from the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), a Franco-Ontarian association that represents teachers and educators, will be attending the Association's annual meeting held February 22 to 24, 2019 at the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel in Mississauga. This year's annual meeting is held while the AEFO celebrates its 80^th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the AEFO's Anniversary Award will be presented, Saturday at noon, to the Coalition ontarienne de la formation aux adultes (COFA) (Ontario coalition for adult learning). The AEFO will also present the Franco-Ontarian Award of Merit to teacher Denis Jacques of école secondaire catholique Père-René-de-Galinée Catholic high school (Cambridge, Ontario) for his outstanding contributions to the French language and to Francophone culture with regards to Franco-Ontarian youth.

Delegates will also have the opportunity to listen to and ask questions to the opposition education critic, NDP MPP Marit Stiles.

Media
Media are asked to contact Marilyne Guèvremont directly at 613 850-6410 as soon as they arrive at the hotel.
Saturday, February 23, 2019
9 a.m.	Start of the annual meeting
10 a.m.	Speech by Rémi Sabourin, AEFO President
Noon	Award ceremony: Presentation of AEFO Anniversary Award to COFA
	Presentation of Franco-Ontarian Merit Award
4:30 p.m.	Speech by NDP MPP and education critic Marit Stiles; a question period will follow the speech.
Sunday, February 24, 2019
9 a.m.	Guest speaker—Karl Bélanger: The Labour Movement in Populist Times

The AEFO has about 10,600 members and represents French-language elementary and high school teachers in Ontario, from both Catholic and public school boards, and professional and support staff working in various French-language workplaces.

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

Marilyne Guèvremont, Executive--Communications Services, [email protected], 613 850-6410