Teacher groups ‘cautiously optimistic’ educators will get priority in next stage of vaccine campaign

Delivering on some teacher groups' request for a reduction in class sizes will be difficult because of staffing shortages, says one expert.

Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin, pictured in January, says the feds received 403,650 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, the largest delivery since shipments started in December.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

February 18, 2021

Teacher groups say they will keep pressing provinces and territories to designate teachers among the priority groups for COVID-19 vaccinations, though repeated calls early in Canada’s immunization campaign haven’t yet led to widespread support.

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