TDSB Trustee By-Election 2012

Do you live or work in Don Valley East or Scarborough-Agincourt? ETT's Political Action Committee is calling on you to get involved!

Voting
ETT Endorsements
Get Involved!
Schools in Don Valley East (Ward 17) and Scarborough-Agincourt (Ward 20)

TDSB Trustee by-elections will be held on February 27, 2012 to fill two seats formerly occupied by Michael Coteau and Soo Wong, who were both recently elected as MPPs.

The outcome of the by-election will impact teachers across Toronto, as trustees make decisions on budgets and school closures.

ETT is calling on teachers to support and to vote for our endorsed candidates in their campaigns.

Voting

ETT has endorsed a candidate in each ward: Mary Hynes (Don Valley East) and Sam Sotiropoulos (Scarborough-Agincourt). We encourage teachers who live in these wards to vote for them on February 27. All interested candidates were interviewed by a panel representing ETT, OSSTF, and CUPE 4400 through the Campaign for Public Education. Both Mary and Sam are strong advocates for public education.

The basic boundaries for each ward are described below. To see exact maps of the wards, visit http://www.toronto.ca/elections.

ETT Endorsements

Mary Hynes - Don Valley East (Ward 17)

Mary Hynes is a retired elementary Special Education Teacher with 25 years of experience in the Scarborough and Toronto District School Boards. Mary retired to community activism and supply teaching secondary students.

She and her husband raised and adopted a son with cerebral palsy and autism. Mary is currently Chair of the Older Women’s Network, Ontario’s advocacy organization for mid-life and older women and has been a vocal critic of proposed service cuts in the City of Toronto.

She has been a resident of the Ward for more than 8 years after living in Flemingdon Park for over 30 years.

We need as many Mary T. Hynes in this city as we can get —– people with passion, patience and a commitment to fighting for the larger good.

- Catherine Porter, Toronto Star

http://www.maryhynes4trustee.com

Sam Sotiropoulos - Scarborough-Agincourt (Ward 20)

Sam has taught after-school computer programs in an elementary school for the TDSB, as well as high school equivalency for international students.

Sam has been self-employed as an IT specialist since 1996, and is the founder of an information technology company that currently services over 250 clients in the public and private sectors. Since 2004 he has been working as a special assistant to Jim Karygiannis, M.P. for Scarborough-Agincourt.

Sam is a devoted husband and the loving father of a young child. He was born, raised and educated in Toronto (East York), with roots and family in Scarborough-Agincourt.

http://www.voteforsam.ca

Get Involved!

Flyer Drop

Come out for a few hours on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., to help distribute campaign flyers in wards 17 and 20. Lunch will be provided. We will be meeting at the Tim Hortons at the Parkway Mall, 85 Ellesmere Road, on the corner of Victoria Park Avenue (map).

Contact the Candidate

Contact either Mary Hynes or Sam Sotiropoulos directly to volunteer your time or to distribute flyers in your school neighbourhood.

General Information

Teachers can volunteer their time to support a candidate more directly, through making phone calls or working in the campaign office for an afternoon or evening. Release time may be available. You do not need to live in one of the wards to promote and work for our endorsed candidates.

For more information please contact Andy Lomnicki, Political Action Committee Liaison at 416-393-9930 ext. 224 or alomnicki@ett.on.ca.

Schools in Don Valley East (Ward 17) and Scarborough-Agincourt (Ward 20)