Membership Applications for the 2010/11 school year are NOW available online! Current members have also received renewal packages by mail. New schools interested in membership for the 2010/11 school year can email us to receive a package by mail as well and save 20%!
- click here for more info!

Click Here! - OFIS Professional Development Calendar - 2010/2011 School Year
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Register today for the summer sessions of the Ontario Independent School Principals' Course - August 16-20 - Villa Sorento Mississauga -
*Only a few spaces left - so sign up today!
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OFIS Policy Development Workshops - "Bullying Policies That Create Safe Communities" - August 17 or August 24 - 6-10pm - Villa Sorento Mississauga
*FREE for Principals' Course Participants
Space is limited - first come-first serve!
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OFIS First Aid Certification/Re-Certification - includes CPR & QED Orientation - St. John's Ambulance - August 24-25 - 9am-5pm - Villa Sorento Mississauga
*Space is limited to 18 participants - first come-first serve!
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*Click On Any Of These Stories To Read More!

5/07/10 - OCSAA AGM KEYNOTE ADDRESS - "The Challenges Facing Independent Schools" - Barb Bierman, ED - OFIS

5/06/10 - Public Education & Parental Choice - Institute Of Marriage & Family Canada - *click here to read the study
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*Archived Stories - 2009 in Review!

11/5/09 - Full Day Kindergarten - Impact on Independent Schools? Ontario - *click here to see the whole interview

10/21/09 - TDSB First To Hire Marketing Director To Lure Students Away From Independent Schools - read the article

10/21/09 - An All Boys Public School In Toronto - What Will They Think Of Next? - read the article

8/11/09 - CBC News - Private School Grades To Be "Flagged" In Ontario - read the article

8/20/09 - ISAO/OFIS News Release - Education Minister's "Scarlet Letter" For Independent Schools Indicts Her Own Government - read the release

6/16/09 - OFIS NEWS RELEASE - Ontario's New Education Plan Takes Parents Out Of The Equation

6/15/09 - OFIS SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS - Two Tier System Evolving For Special Ed - Toronto Star
*Featuring The YMCA Academy in Toronto

5/10/09 - Wondering About H1N1 And Your School?

4/8/09 - OFIS NEWS RELEASE - OFIS Responds To Ministry of Education Charge That Private Schools Give "Easy A's"

3/26/09 - OFIS AGM KEYNOTE ADDRESS - "The Perfect Storm Of Education" - Barb Bierman, ED