| Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association | |
| Abbreviation: | OECTA |
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| Defunct: | --> |
| Type: | Trade union |
| Headquarters: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Location: | Ontario, Canada |
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| Membership: | 45,000 |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | René Jansen in de Wal[1] |
| Leader Title2: | General secretary |
| Leader Name2: | David Church |
| Former Name: | --> |
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) is a trade union that represents teachers in publicly funded Roman Catholic schools in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is affiliated with the Ontario Teachers' Federation, the Canadian Teachers' Federation, the Canadian Labour Congress, and the Ontario Federation of Labour.
OECTA has more than 45,000 members .[2] Its mandate includes both the support of its members through the promotion of Catholic values, advocacy, collective bargaining, professional development and protection, and advocacy for the common good.
OECTA holds an annual meeting to elect officers, pass resolutions, and to amend its constitution, by-laws, policies, and procedures. The Provincial Executive meets on a monthly basis to administer the association between annual meetings and to coordinate relations with the Ontario Teachers' Federation. A Council of Presidents representing all OECTA units meets three times per year (additionally at the call of the Provincial President) to advise the Provincial Executive, approve the association's bargaining objectives, and set the association's budget.
| Name | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Lynch | 1944 | 1945 | |
| Very Reverend B.W. Harrigan | 1945 | 1947 | |
| Raymond J. Bergin | 1947 | 1948 | |
| Reverend Brother Thaddeus | 1948 | 1949 | |
| Dorthea McDonell | 1949 | 1950 | |
| Patrick Perdue | 1950 | 1951 | |
| Mother Mary Lenore | 1951 | 1953 | |
| Margaret Drago | 1953 | 1955 | |
| Reverend C.L. Siegried | 1955 | 1956 | |
| Mary W. Flynn | 1956 | 1958 | |
| Sister M. Vincentia | 1958 | 1960 | |
| Reverend J.H. Conway | 1960 | 1962 | |
| Patrick O'Leary | 1962 | 1963 | |
| Veronica Houlahan | 1963 | 1964 | |
| Sister Frances McCann | 1964 | 1965 | |
| Karl Bohren | 1965 | 1966 | |
| Sister M. Aloysia | 1966 | 1967 | |
| Ruth Willis | 1967 | 1968 | |
| 1968 | 1969 | ||
| John Kuchinak | 1969 | 1970 | |
| Marie Kennedy | 1970 | 1971 | |
| Reverend J. Frank Kavanagh | 1971 | 1972 | |
| James Carey | 1972 | 1973 | |
| Robert Cooney | 1973 | 1974 | |
| Léo Normandeau | 1974 | 1975 | |
| Derry Byrne | 1975 | 1977 | |
| Peter Gazzola | 1977 | 1978 | |
| Doreen Brady | 1978 | 1980 | |
| George Saranchuk | 1980 | 1982 | |
| Kevin Kennedy | 1982 | 1984 | |
| T. John Fauteux | 1984 | 1986 | |
| Jim Cooney | 1986 | 1988 | |
| Eileen Lennon | 1988 | 1990 | |
| Michael Côté | 1990 | 1992 | |
| Helen Biales | 1992 | 1993 | |
| Clare Ross | 1993 | 1995 | |
| Marilies Rettig | 1995 | 1997 | |
| Marshall Jarvis | 1997 | 1999 | |
| Jim Smith | 1999 | 2001 | |
| Kathy McVean | 2001 | 2003 | |
| Donna Marie Kennedy | 2003 | 2007 | |
| Elaine MacNeil | 2007 | 2008 | |
| James Ryan | 2009 | 2011 | |
| Kevin O'Dwyer | 2011 | 2013 | |
| James Ryan | 2013 | 2015 | |
| Ann Hawkins | 2015 | 2017 | |
| Liz Stuart | 2017 | 2021 | |
| Barb Dobrowolski | 2021 | 2023 | |
| René Jansen in de Wal | 2023 |