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Governing Ourselves informs members of legal and regulatory matters affecting the profession. This section provides updates on licensing and qualification requirements, notification of Council resolutions and reports from various Council committees, including reports on accreditation and discipline matters.
The College Council welcomes new Council member Evie Basztyk-Benishek, OCT, who was appointed to fill the Southeast Region full-time position vacancy created by the resignation of Ahmed Bouragba, OCT, on October 2, 2014.
Basztyk-Benishek has been a secondary school teacher for the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board since becoming a member of the profession in 2004. She has taught a wide variety of subjects including English, history, classics, social sciences, family studies, humanities, business, career education and Special Education. She also taught in the alternative program for Grades 9–12 students.
Basztyk-Benishek has led various departments as head of social sciences, language and Native Studies. She previously taught Grades 9–12 English at Acheron College, which is operated by Correctional Service Canada. She was in charge of developing reading and writing assessment tools and curriculum materials.
Currently involved with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation as a school representative of the Status of Women Committee, Basztyk-Benishek has been the co-chair of the Human Rights and Status of Women Committee since 2011.
“I intend to work with the College Council focusing on two aspects: transparency and promotion,” she says. “I would like to help improve the transparency of teaching and College practices while promoting the very important work that the College members do every day.”
Basztyk-Benishek holds a master of education from Charles Sturt University, two bachelor of arts from McMaster University and a bachelor of education from OISE/UT. She has also completed two years of her PhD in education at Charles Sturt University.