The CTF/FCE's Research and Professional Learning Program team (Pamela Rogers, Director, and Nichole Grant, Researcher and Policy Analyst) discuss how work culture in publicly funded public education is contributing to the deterioration of education workers' mental health and well-being.
As we write this post in January 2022, many teachers and education workers across Canada have returned to emergency remote and online teaching, or are in a state of pedagogical limbo, back to in-person teaching but fearing the next turn of events. After two years of a global pandemic, with its parade of abrupt shifts, ever-changing mandates, and frustrations, we continue to collectively face public health challenges. The tumultuousness of the past two years cannot be ignored when understanding the current state of education workers' mental health and well-being.
