The Apple Core is a monthly publication of GVTA for all members. It is edited by our PR Chair, Jonathan Cullen (NPC).
2025-26 Editions
- Apple Core 2025 December
- President’s Address: MTS President Visit & Merry Christmas
- Apple Core Readership Contest: Date of Next Increase
- EI & CPP in 2026
- GVTA Policy Changes: Social and Wellness and Credit Products
- Vacancy- Workplace Safety & Health Liaison
- Local Holiday Giving Opportunities
- GVTA Clothing Store Update
- Apple Core 2025 November
- President’s Address: Social and Wellness Changes
- Apple Core Readership Contest: Fill in the Blank
- GVSD Budget Consultation Presentation Summary
- Open Enrollment for Benefits
- ESJ: Affinity Group Invitation and Application
- PD: Call for Teacher Presenters for Feb. 3 PD Day
- Apple Core 2025 October
- President’s Address: Alberta Teachers are on Strike
- Apple Core Readership Contest: MTS PD Day
- GVSD Accessibility Committee
- CTF: Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Promise Unfulfilled
- ESJ: Confronting Hate
- New Safe Space Cards: Order Form
- GVTA Clothing Store Open!
- Online Safety for MTS Members
- Apple Core 2025 September
- President’s Address: Teacher Competency Standards
- ESJ Book Club: Sign-up!
- Truth and Reconciliation Week: Section 43 & Charlie B’s
- GVTA Scholarship Winners
- Changes to Pay Distribution
- Health & Dental Premium Changes
- Apple Core Readership Contest
- Poster: French Fries and Ice Cream: Sign-up!
2024-25 Editions
- Apple Core 2025 June
- President’s Address: Thank you to Joel Swaan
- Readership Contest: Daytrips
- ESJ: Summer Reading & Book Choices
- Nominations for GVTA Executive 2025-26
- Apple Core 2025 May
- President’s Address: Possible Winkler Community Foundation fund
- Readership Contest: Collective Bargaining Feedback
- Ed. Finance & PD Committee Policy Changes
- MTS Member Engagement Expression of Interest
- GVTA Clothing Store
- ESJ: Truth Before Reconciliation recap
- Pembina Valley Pride Day information
- GVTA Workplace Safety & Health Online Survey
- GVTA 2025-26 Nominations
- Important Dates
- GVTA AGM Poster – June 10 @ 4:15pm
- May 2024 AGM Minutes
- Reviewed 2023-24 Financial Documents
- Proposed 2025-26 Budget
- June 2025 AGM Agenda
- Apple Core 2025 April
- President’s Address: Provincial Bargaining Survey & Federal Election
- New GVTA Policy
- Women and Leadership
- The Moose Hide Campaign
- ESJ Event – Truth Before Reconciliation
- Red Dress Pin Event
- GVTA Education Award
- MTS Labour School
- Federal Election Forum
- GVTA Nominations
- Readership Contest
- Important Dates
- Apple Core 2025 March
- President’s Address – Teachers and EAs
- Important Dates
- Apple Core Readership Contest
- ESJ Book Club
- New GVTA Scholarship Policy Proposal
- Moose Hide Campaign
- Guest Teacher Corner
- GVTA 2025-2026 Elections
- MTS Colour of Courage Leadership Symposium
- Apple Core 2025 February
- President’s Address: Points of Contact
- GVTA Nominations 2025-2026
- Important Dates
- GVTA Reader Contest
- Policy Changes:
- Women & Educational Leadership Liaison to MTS
- MTS Provincial Council Delegate Selection
- President and Treasurer Internet Reimbursement
- MTS Colour of Courage Leadership Symposium
- MTS Women & Leadership Symposium
- CAP Conference: Developing Centered Leadership
- MTS Hockey Tournament – Dauphin
- Apple Core 2025 January
- President’s Address: Teacher & Clinician Registry, Collective Agreement Update, Union Elections
- Documents Available on Request
- GVTA Reader Contest
- Important Dates
- MTS Women & Leadership Book Club Kits
- Feb 3, 2025 K-8 PD Day
- Apple Core 2024 December
- President’s Address: Collective Bargaining
- Equity & Social Justice Affinity Groups
- Indigenous Ed Fall Seminar
- Reader Contest
- GVTA December Executive Mtg
- MB Budget 2025 Survey
- Important Dates
- HumanaCare Rebranding
- Religious & Indigenous Leaves
- GVTA Yoga
- WSH Principals’ Training
- MTS Curling Bonspiel
- COSL Virtual Leadership Session
- Apple Core 2024 November
- GVTA Clothing Store
- GVSD Public Consultation
- Equity & Social Justice: Dr. Izzeddin Hawamda
- PD: More from Moore
- Guest Teacher Perspectives
- Retired Teachers’ Association Fall Magazine
- Indigenous Education: Murray Sinclair
- City of Winkler By-Election
- Social & Teacher Wellness: Snowy Jars
- Apple Core 2024 October
- President’s Address – Policy Updates
- Apple Core Reader Contest
- ESJ Book Club 2024-2025
- Collective Bargaining – Leaves
- PD Corner – More from Moore
- Social & Teacher Wellness
- October Word Search
- MTS FemLightenment Series
- MTS Virtual Substitute Teacher Seminar
- MTS PD Day Reminder
- October GVTA Executive Meeting Summary
- Teacher-Led PD Sessions – Volunteers Needed
- GVTA Oct-Nov Calendar
- GVTA Letter to City of Winkler
- MTS: Voting – A Reflection of Character
- MFL President’s Report – Fall 2024
- Apple Core 2024 September
- President’s Address
- Apple Core Reader Contest
- ESJ Book Club 2024-25
- Guest Teacher Perspectives
- 2024 GVTA Scholarship Winners
- Indigenous Education
- PD Corner: Inclusion with Dr. Shelley Moore
- MTS Safe & Inclusive Space Posters
- Proposed GVTA Policy Changes
- Word Search
- Social & Teacher Wellness
- Chicken Enchiladas
- International Collaboration for Education 2025
- Collective Bargaining: We have an agreement!
- 2024-25 Employee Benefits
- GVTA Back to School Event
- GVTA Calendar of Events
- GVTA September Executive Mtg Summary
- MTS CLG Grant Application Form
- MTS Professional Learning Services Handbook 2024-25
- Special Area Groups of Educators (SAGE) Handbook 2024-25
2023-24 Editions
- Apple Core 2024 June
- President’s Address: President’s Time for Money
- ESJ Book Club Annual Summary
- MTS Safe & Inclusive Space Cards
- National Indigenous History Month
- Housing Affordability
- GVTA Policy Changes
- Social & Teacher Wellness
- GVTA AGM Summary
- MTS AGM Summary
- June-Sept Calendar
- GVTA June Exec Mtg Summary
- GVTA Letter to GVSD Board
- MTS work on Bill 35
- TRAF Link Spring Newsletter
- Apple Core 2024 May
- President’s Address: Annual General Meetings
- Indigenous Education: MMIWG2S+
- ESJ Book Review: Ragged Company
- 2023 TRAF Investment Return
- GVTA Survey Winners
- MTS Golf Tournament
- Canadian Teachers’ Federation: Stop Violence in Schools
- Social/Teacher Wellness & Recipe
- Dead Horse Cider Event
- CLG Poster for 2024-25
- GVTA Executive Meeting Summary May 2024
- GVTA AGM poster
- GVTA May-June Events Calendar
- MTS Golf Tournament Poster
- MTS Labour School
- MTS Field-Led Course: Personnel Leadership
- AGM DOCUMENTS
- 2023 Financial Statements
- 2023 AGM Minutes
- 24-25 Budget Notes
- 2024 AGM Agenda
- Apple Core 2024 April
- President’s Address – Podcasts & MTS Volunteering
- Meeting & Defeating Hate Where it Stands
- 2024-2025 GVTA Executive Nominations
- GVTA Policy Changes – Death of a Member, MTS Provincial Council Delegates, Local President Release
- Foundational Documents – Part 8 of 8
- MTS Labour School: Labour Relations & Leadership
- MFL Young Activist Scholarship
- April GVTA Executive Meeting Summary
- Social & Teacher Wellness – Wine & Craft Night
- GVTA Member Survey
- April-May Calendar
- MTS Member Engagement Expression of Interest 2024-2025
- FLC 3: Professional Perspectives: Educational Leadership
- CTF/FCE Press Release: School Food Program Funding
- Apple Core 2024 March
- President’s Address – GVTA Office & Mental Health
- Equity & Social Justice Event – “The Myth of Teacher Neutrality”
- MTS Indigenous Education Series: Teachers Talking to Teachers: Takeaways
- GVTA 2024-25 Nominations
- GVTA Policy Changes – Resolutions Committee
- Foundational Documents – Part 7 of 8
- GVTA March-April Calendar
- GVTA March Executive Meeting Summary
- PD: Tips to Start a Collaborative Learning Group
- Council of School Learners: Virtual Learning Series
- Apple Core 2024 February
- President’s Address – MTS
- The Power of Every Story
- MTS Hockey Tournament
- Maternity & Parental Leave Seminar
- Social & Teacher Wellness – Adventures in Dining
- GVTA 2024-2025 Nominations
- GVTA Policy Changes
- Foundational Documents – Part 6 of 8
- GVTA Feb-Mar Calendar
- GVTA February Exec Mtg Summary
- RTAM Pre-Retirement Seminar
- Women & Leadership Symposium
- Staff Appreciation Week Proclamation
- Your Benefit News
- Apple Core 2024 January
- President’s Address
- The Danger of a Single Story – ESJ
- Louis Riel Day 2024
- Social & Teacher Wellness
- Egg Roll Bowls
- Virtual Dr. – Benefits
- Foundational Documents – Part 5 of 8
- GVTA Calendar
- GVTA January Executive Meeting Summary
- GVTA/GVSD K-8 PD Day
- MTS Indigenous Education Series
- RTAM Pre-Retirement Seminar
- MTS Women & Leadership Book Studies
- WSH Training for Supervisors
- MTS AGM Notice of Call
- MTS Provincial Executive Election Guide
- Apple Core 2023 December
- President’s Address – Duties
- Foundational Documents (Part 4)
- Policy Update for Feedback – Member-at-Large Elections
- New Payroll Deduction for 2024
- Education Finance Summary
- Indigenous Education
- The Value of Story
- Social & Teacher Wellness
- GVTA Calendar
- GVTA December Executive Meeting Summary
- TRAF Annual Statements
- MTS-PD: International Educated
- MTS-PD: Indigenous Education
- Outstanding Educator Awards
- Apple Core 2023 November
- President’s Address – Joy
- Foundational Documents (Part 3 of 8)
- Reflections on MTS PD Day
- The Uncomfortable Work
- Social & Teacher Wellness
- Cobb Salad
- Upcoming PD
- GVTA Nov-Dec Calendar
- Project Overseas
- Education Mandate from Premier
- MTS FemLightenment Series PD
- GVSD Public Budget Consultation Forum
- Manitoba’s Educators of Excellence Awards
- Financial Literacy Month
- Apple Core 2023 October
- President’s Address – MTS Code of Professional Conduct
- GVTA Practices & Procedures – Notice of Motion
- Foundational Documents (Part 2 of 8)
- Indigenous Education – Indigenous Veterans Day
- E.S.J.: We Will Make Mistakes Along the Way
- Social & Teacher Wellness
- Happy “Crocktober” Recipes
- GVTA Oct-Nov Calendar
- October GVTA Executive Meeting Summary
- MTS Pension Sustainability Seminars
- MTS Code of Professional Practice
- Project Overseas 2024
- RTAM Pre-Retirement Seminar
- COSL Virtual Learning Series
- MTS Internationally Educated Teachers Workshop
- MTS Virtual Substitute Seminar
- Safe Schools Collaboration
- Apple Core 2023 September
- President’s Address – New Office & Calendar
- GVTA Scholarship 2023 Winners
- MTS PD Day – October 20
- Provincial Election – October 3
- Challenged Book Lending Library
- Foundational Documents – Part 1 of 8
- Social & Teacher Wellness
- Pumpkin Granola
- ESJ – Equity and Social Justice – Book Club
- List of the 2023-2024 GVTA Executive
- Employee Benefits Summary
- GVTA Calendar of Events – Sept & Oct
- GVTA September Executive Meeting Summary
- MTS Collaborative Learning Team Grants
- MTS The Fab 5 Beginning Teachers’ Conference
- COSL Aspiring School Leader Award
- MTS FemLightenment Series
- MTS Indigenous Learning Series: Teachers Talking to Teachers
2022-23 Editions
- Apple Core 2023 June
- President’s Address: Teachers’ Obligations within Public Education
- MTS Opposes the Banning of Books
- Manitoba Reading Assoc. on Book Banning
- Portage-Lisgar By-Election letter to the editor
- MTS Signs – VOTE: Public Education Matters
- Val Harder in MB Teacher Magazine
- Extended Health and Dental Premiums
- Social & Teacher Wellness: Retirees
- Bakes Caprese Chicken
- GVSD Respect for Human Diversity policy
- Apple Core 2023 May
- President’s Address: School visits, GVTA AGM, Bill 35, mental health
- Bill 35: Update on Next Steps
- Bear Witness Day
- ESJ – Asian Heritage Month
- MTS Golf Tournament
- Social & Teacher Wellness: Line Dancing with Aura Studio
- PD Committee: Apply for a CLG
- MTS Member Engagement Expression of Interest 2023-2024
- Manitoba Federation of Labour: President’s Report Summer 2023
- TRAF: The Link Spring 2023 Newsletter
- GVTA AGM documents:
- May 30th Agenda
- 2022 AGM Minutes
- GVTA Comparative Income Statement
- 2023-2024 Budget Notes
- 2022 GVTA Unaudited Financial Statements
- Manitoba Education: Regulatory Framework for Teachers’ Review: What we Heard from Sector Partners
- Apple Core 2023 April
- President’s Address: Provincial Bargaining, Bill 35, #RealTeacherTalkMB, & CareForAllInEducation.com
- Nominations for the 2023-24 Executive
- Bill 35 – The Education Administration Amendment Act
- Social & Teacher Wellness: Dead Horse Cider Taproom
- Moose Hide Campaign
- World Autism Acceptance Day – April 2nd
- Professional Perspectives: FLC 4: Change Leadership course info
- MTS Member Engagement: Expression of Interest Form
- Manitoba Federation of Labour: President’s Report Spring 2023
- Apple Core 2023 March
- President’s Address: Bill 35 & #RealTeacherTalkMB
- MBTeacher defaults to Digital Format
- Poverty and Education Task Force final report
- Free Indigenous Education Opportunities
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
- Social & Teacher Wellness: GVTA Clothing & Easy Eats Meal Kits
- EducationMattersMB.org
- President Election and Nominations for GVTA Executive
- 10 Healthy Habits for Mental Fitness
- Top Tips to Create Healthy Sleep Habits
- Professional Regulation and Teacher Misconduct: What You Need to Know
- Interested in Facilitating Workshops: Join the Teacher-Led Learning Team
- Apple Core 2023 February
- President’s Address: HumanaCare vs. Blue Cross
- 1922 Award for Service to the Teaching Profession
- Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
- Social & Teacher Wellness: Social Media giveaways
- Chocolate Zucchini Frosted Cake
- 2023 Education Funding Announcement
- Black History Month: Books by Canadian authors
- Education Finance Presentation Summary
- 2023-2024 Nominations for GVTA Executive
- MTS Education Funding Submission 2023-24
- MTS Harassment Brochure
- Verbal, Physical, & Cyber Violence posters
- RTAM Pre-Retirement Seminar
- Apple Core 2023 January
- President’s Address: Mental Health, Care for All in Education, Safe & Inclusive Space signs
- Resources for Louis Riel Day
- GVTA Facebook Page & Social Media
- Cauliflower Black Bean Tostadas with Queso & Pickled Onion
- MTS Union Learning Grants
- A Taxing Read: CPP & EI Deductions
- GVSD K-8 PD Poster – Feb 3
- Revised 2022-23 Executive
- GVTA Letter to the GVSD Board re: Safe & Inclusive Space signs
- Notice of Call: MTS Provincial Council
- MTS Call for Nominations – Provincial Executive Positions 2023-2025
- MTS Provincial Executive Election Guide
- Apple Core 2022 December
- President’s Farewell
- Last Minute Gift Ideas
- Mamàhtawisiwin
- Recipe: Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares
- Indigenous Education Series (Learning Opportunities)
- Professional Regulation and Teacher Misconduct
- Apple Core 2022 November
- President’s Address
- S&TW: Thanks to Brenda Richer
- Recipe: 15-minute Egg Roll in a Bowl
- ESJ: Don’t Forget to Remember: It’s All Connected
- Youth Services Grant: $1000 for teachers and students wanting to make a difference
- MTS Education Finance Priorities
- Reset, Not Return: Recommendations for supporting teacher mental health and wellness
- Poster: First Nations Soldiers in WWI
- Apple Core 2022 October
- President’s Address
- Link to GVSD Trustee Election information
- ESJ Book Club: The Barren Grounds
- Indigenous Reads for your Classroom
- Social and Teacher Wellness Update
- Recipe: Pumpkin Soup
- Notice of GVTA Policy Change
- GVTA Executive Roster
- Apple Core 2022 September
- President’s Address
- ESJ Book Club Invitation
- How to Access PD in GVSD
- Recipe: Vanilla Mint Iced Coffee
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- GVTA Executive Roster
- October 22- GVTA Picnic Poster
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