This report attempts to help us understand how K-12 education in Ontario underwent a profound transformation during the coronavirus pandemic, both as a direct result of the impact of the disease, and due to the policies and priorities of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Government of Premier Doug Fordmduring this same period. Key events are recounted here that affected K-12 education from the emergency closing of schools in March 2020, to the decline of the Omicron variant-fuelled fourth wave in March 2022, when this report was finalized. The author has attempted to provide some analysis of the significance of these events, including why they occurred within the particular social, political and economic context of Ontario in the early 2020s, their potential long-term implications for education, how they compared to events elsewhere, and how things could have been managed differently. Within the broad scope of understanding how K-12 education in Ontario was affected by the coronavirus pandemic during the tenure of the Ford Government, this report focuses on its implications for teaching and teachers’ work. By understanding how it affected the daily experience of elementary and secondary educators in the province’s Anglophone public, Anglophone Catholic, and Francophone public and Catholic boards, we can then also see its implications for the students they serve, their parents and the broader public. -- From introduction page 4

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