Resources & Features

May 12, 2025: Radio. Conversations with Ben O'Hara Byrne. Violence in Ontario Schools. [Click here]

September 26, 2024: Radio. How violent are Saskatchewan schools? Blue Sky Radio, CBC Saskatchewan. [Click here]

September 25, 2024: Radio. As it happens. CBC. [Click here]

April 5, 2024: Podcast. Absent: The violence in austerity in schools (Part 1). Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF). [Click here]

April 12, 2024: Podcast. Absent: Not meeting sudents needs, a systemic problem (Part 2). Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF). [Click here]

2023: Podcast. The Escalating Crisis of Violence Against Educators in Ontario. Edcan Network. [Click here]

January 25, 2023: Podcast. Talking about workplace violence. Elementary: A Podcast from ETFO. [Click here]

March 21, 2019: Sunday Morning on CBC with Michael Enright. [Click here]

OSSTF (2025). Safer Schools Initiative. [Link to website]

Canadian Teacher Federation. (2024). Absent: Not Meeting Student Needs, A Systemic Problem. [Link to Podcast].

OSSTF (2024). Startling OSSTF/FEESO school violence survey results reveal need for emergency funding. Media Release. [Link]. 

ETFO (Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario). (2023). "ETFO member survey shows violence pervasive in schools." [Link to report].

Canadian Teacher Federation. (2018). Pan-Canadian Research Review on Violence in Schools [Download].

CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees). "Tools on Sexual Violence and Harassment in Post-Secondary Education" [Download].

CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees). "Violence Prevention Kit" [Download].

ETFO (Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario). (2018). All-member workplace survey results [Download].

Peel Elementary Teachers’ Local. (2017). Workplace Violence Pamphlet [Download].

ETFO (Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario). "ETFO Action on Violence in Schools" [Download].

Bruckert, C. & Law, T. (2018). Women and gendered violence in Canada: An intersectional approach. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Cooper, V. & Whyte, D. (2017). The Violence of Austerity. London: Pluto Press.

Keith, M.M. & Brophy, J.T. (2021). Code White: Sounding the Alarm on Violence against Health Care Workers. Toronto: Between the Lines.

Nixon, R. (2011). Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

McGinn, D. (2025, May 11). Study warns violence in Ontairo schools is at 'crisis levels' for teachers and education workers. The Globe and Mail. [Access here]. 

Austin, S. (2025, May 4). Violence, harassment and burnout: Ontario's education workers are in crisis, study finds. Toronto Star. [Access here].

Rishaug, N. (2024, September 25). Violence in Saskatchewan schools increases seven-fold in fifteen years. CTV News. [Access here]. 

Dudha, A. (2024, September 25). Bruises, threats and burnout: Study finds Sask. teachers at breaking point with violence. [Access here]. 

Macdonell, B. (2023, May 24). 'I'm scared to go to work': Mississauga teacher alleges violence, fear inside middle school. [Access here].

Birnie, M. (2023, May 15). 'Alarming' new survey find nearly 80% of Ontario elementary teachers experience school violence, says union. Toronto Star. [Access here]. 

Bennett, P. (2023, February 23). Canada's schools have descended into a violence hell and we let it happen. National Post. [Access here]. 

Burke, A. (2016, November 15). 'I wasn't kept safe': Injured Ottawa teacher recounts violent attack. CBC News. [Access here].

Miller, J. (2019a, May 7). Swearing, punching, spitting: Staff report experiencing more violence in Ottawa’s largest School board. Ottawa Citizen. [Access here].

Miller, J. (2019b, May 20). Ottawa educators offered padded shirts, arm and shin guards to protect themselves from Violent students. Ottawa Citizen. [Access here].

Martinez, A., McMahon, S. D., Espelage, D., Anderman, E. M., Reddy, L. A., & Sanchez, B. (2016). Teachers’ experiences with multiple victimization: Identifying demographic, cognitive, and contextual correlates. Journal of School Violence, 15(4), 387–405.

Reddy, L.A., Espelage, D., McMahon, S.D., Anderman, E.M., Lane, K.L., Brown, V.E., Reynolds, C.R., Jones, A., Kanrich, J. (2013). Violence against teachers: Case studies from the APA task force. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 1, 231-245.

Reddy, L., Espelage, D. L., Anderman, E. M., Kanrich, J. B., & McMahon, S. D. (2018). Addressing violence against educators through measurement and research. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 42,9-28.

Wilson, C., Douglas, K., & Lyon, D. (2011). Violence Against Teachers: Prevalence and Consequences. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(12), 2353-2371.

Chen, C., Smith, P., & Mustard, C. (2019). Gender differences in injuries attributed to workplace violence in Ontario 2002-2015. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 76, 3-9.

Lanthier, S., Bielecky, A., & Smith, P. (2018). Examining Risk of Workplace Violence in Canada: A Sex/Gender Based Analysis. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 62(8), 1012–1020.

McMahon, S. D., Martinez, A., Espelage, D., Rose, C., Reddy, L. A., Lane, K., Anderman, E. M., Reynolds, C. R., Jones, A., & Brown, V. (2014). Violence Directed Against Teachers: Results from A National Survey: Violence Directed Against Teachers. Psychology in the Schools, 51(7), 753–766. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.21777.