Your Mental Health and Wellness: Resources for OECTA Members
January 8, 2026 4:30 - 6:00 PM
February 3, 2026 6:30 - 8:00 PM

As teachers, we dedicate ourselves to supporting the well-being of our students, colleagues, and loved ones, often at the expense of our own mental health and wellbeing. In this workshop, we will explore mental health and wellness resources and supports available to OECTA members, and we will examine key information and strategies. We will also identify external supports to raise awareness of options for professional care, community-based programs, and digital tools. Above all, this session reinforces the vital message that you are not alone. As an OECTA community, we are in this together and supports are within reach.

Audience: All Teachers

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Teaching Black Canadian History
January 20, 2026 4:30 - 6:00 PM

In this session teachers will learn about the Black Canadian experience, and how to integrate it into daily lesson plans. Teachers will leave with a number of resources to help support their learning and have the opportunity to engage in interactive activities such as discussions and case studies. Topics include Key Trailblazers, Cultural Contributions and Heritage, and Community Resilience.

Audience: Grades 7 to 12

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What All Teachers Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence
January 14, 2026 7:00 - 9:00 PM
January 21, 2026 7:00 - 9:00 PM

AI is advancing faster than any technology we've ever seen. Supporters highlight its benefits, but the truth is that it also carries serious risks that could cause lasting harm if left unchecked. Those who protect the public good must stay alert and defend what it means to be human in an age of automation. Teachers hold a vital duty to help young people think critically, solve problems, and show care and compassion. Using AI without safeguards puts both educators and students at risk, not only from privacy breaches or plagiarism, but from a gradual loss of the very human skills and values education is meant to develop, uphold and strengthen.

Audience: All teachers

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Understanding Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence for the Classroom
January 12, 2026 7:00 - 9:00 PM
January 19, 2026 7:00 - 9:00 PM
January 26, 2026 7:00 - 9:00 PM

This workshop explores the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the classroom through the lens of professional judgment, responsibility, and human-centred learning. Drawing on real classroom examples and current applications, participants will discuss and weigh AI use as it supports teachers without replacing their professional role. The session emphasizes the moral and developmental responsibilities educators hold and highlights how ethical design and intentional use of technology can align with Catholic values and Ontario's educational standards. The webinar will reference OECTA's ongoing work and official Advisory on Artificial Intelligence, authored to protect teacher autonomy and uphold privacy, transparency, and accountability in education. By the end of the session, teachers will leave with a clear framework for evaluating AI ethically, confidently, and in alignment with their professional and moral obligations.

Audience: All teachers

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Prioritizing Your Mental Health
February 19, 2026 4:30 - 6:00 PM

As teachers, we lead busy lives, and the school year can become hectic. We face many challenges that can drain our batteries and impact our mental health and wellness. This workshop will provide you with practical tips that will assist you in reducing stress, managing workload, prioritizing self-care, and navigating various situations during your workday. You will leave ready to start or continue on a path forward that centers your needs.

Audience: All teachers

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Whole and Holy: Because Catholicism should be Inclusive
February 11, 2026 4:30 - 6:00 PM

In this workshop, we discuss the overlap between Catholic theology and accessibility, inclusion, diversity and equity, demonstrating that there is much and needed overlap between the human dignity found in scripture and tradition, and equity-centered approaches in Catholic Education. We share specific resources curated by OECTA and apply this dialogue to real-life conversations and contexts in schools.

Audience: All teachers

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Making Junior Math Meaningful: From Curriculum to Classroom
February 24, 2026 4:30 - 6:00 PM

In this workshop, we will explore the big ideas in the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum and examine strategies that build student understanding, encourage mathematical thinking, and connect learning across grades and strands. We will identify pedagogical approaches rooted in differentiated instruction and assessment that develop problem solving, conceptual understanding, and fluency. Teachers will leave the session with strategies and approaches they can apply the very next day, fully prepared to promote deeper mathematical understanding.

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Empowering Classrooms: Real-Time Solutions to Combat Anti-Black Racism
March 3, 2026 4:30 - 6:00 PM

This impactful web experience is designed to address anti-Black racism in classrooms as it occurs. Drawing from key components of the Anti-Black Racism course, it will provide practical strategies to enhance your teaching methods and challenge monolithic thinking. Whether you teach in a school with a significant Black population or are welcoming new Black families into your community, this web experience is for you.

Registration link: TBA