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TESL Ontario 2025 Report


Written by - Stephanie Kinzie, Canada

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This report summarizes key findings of TESL Ontario’s 2025 member survey. As in past surveys, a representative sample of TESL Ontario members shared data about their personal and professional situations as well as perspectives on services for members. Respondents reported employment in a broad spectrum of roles both in Canada and abroad, and they used TESL Ontario’s PD offerings and affiliate Chapters to connect and engage in professionalization. Finding and maintaining stable employment was a key concern due to recent changes in immigration policy and ongoing concerns with funding. Opportunities for TESL Ontario to support members include increasing advocacy efforts; providing access to research, employment, and professional resources; and pursuing a wider range of member benefits.  Continue Reading →

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EAL, EAP, ESL
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Professionalism in TESL


Written by - Mostafa Kosari, Canada

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This paper presents a discussion of what professionalism means in the workplace and how it can shape the relationship between the employees and the employee-employer relationship. The paper also hopes to promote the professional attitude and the high standards of professional behaviour expected of employees in the multicultural and highly-competitive ESL environment. A multicultural ESL teaching environment, like the one in Canada, might create some unwanted and unwelcomed conflicts among ESL teachers. Unwanted because it does not make sense for the highly-educated professionals to voluntarily cause conflict. Unwelcomed because no employer by any stretch of imagination should be aspiring to create a toxic workplace. Assuming that all employers have the best of intentions, all employees might not necessarily.  Continue Reading →

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ESL, Teaching
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TESL Ontario 2021 member survey report


Written by - Stephanie Kinzie, York University, Canada

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This report summarizes key findings of TESL Ontario’s 2021 member survey, in which TESL Ontario members shared information about themselves, their work, and their views on member services and benefits. Members were employed in a variety of positions and contexts in Canada and internationally and engaged in ongoing professionalization through TESL Ontario’s wide variety of PD offerings. Members reported difficulties in finding stable employment and managing the switch to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Future directions for TESL Ontario include providing support to meet online/remote teaching and learning needs, additional employment resources, and member advocacy.

For 50 years, TESL Ontario has represented ESL instructors in Ontario and worked alongside them to provide resources and training to improve language learning for students and teachers in diverse learning and teaching contexts.  Continue Reading →

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ESL, Language, Survey
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