Ontario College of Teachers

Continuing teacher education course grounds inclusive futures in queer history

Walter Cassidy in the Leddy archivesWalter Cassidy is a local high school teacher and instructor of the Teaching LGTBQ Students additional qualification course for teachers (PETER MARVAL/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves 

History tells us that the bigots never win. 

That’s what gives Windsor high school teacher and Faculty of Education alumnus Walter Cassidy (BEd ’00) hope in the face of what seems like an uptick in anti-2SLGBTQIA+ sentiment. 

“As long as we know our history and we know that we’ve been through this before, we’ll get through it,” Cassidy says. “We always do.” 

Accreditation review seeks stakeholder and community input

Teacher in classroom interacting with students.

The Ontario College of Teachers is currently reviewing an application for the general accreditation of the BEd programs offered by the University of Windsor.

As part of this review, a survey is available to gather input related to the quality of the programs. Teacher candidates, faculty members, associate teachers and interested members of the community are welcome to complete the survey.