Teachers' Week

A lifelong legacy of giving back: Retired women teachers’ organization celebrates 70 years

A group of women with a banner for the Retired Women Teachers' OrganizationRetired Women Teachers of Ontario celebrated its 70th jubilee at Devonshire Mall (MIKE FLANAGAN/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves 

Teaching has been part of Gina Marcon’s (BA ’87, BEd ’88) life since she was six years old. 

“I knew then that I was going to be a teacher,” she says. “Every time my cousins would come over, we’d play school, and I was always the teacher.”