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president's corner
BIO - Francine LeBlanc-Lebel, OTF President
Francine LeBlanc-Lebel, l’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), is the
68th President of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF).
LeBlanc-Lebel has been a teacher of Grades 6 and 7 for more than 30 years with le Conseil scolaire catholique
du Nouvel-Ontario. A major focus of her teaching career has been the encouragement of young people,
especially women, in pursuing careers in Mathematics and Science. Her success is evident in frequent visits
from former students, many of whom have pursued these fields of interest.
A true northern Ontarian, LeBlanc-Lebel graduated from secondary school in Elliot Lake and from Laurentian
University in Sudbury. École St-Joseph de Blind River has been her latest teaching assignment.
LeBlanc-Lebel refers to AEFO as her family. During her career, she has held numerous positions in the
Federation at the local level including on the negotiations committee, and executive and as vice-president.
Provincially, she has been an advisor to the AEFO Provincial Executive, member of the OTF Board of
Governors and a member of the OTF Executive.
One of her major focuses has been the promotion of membership involvement and support for the
Federation. To this end, she has conducted numerous workshops on Federation involvement across the
province.
LeBlanc-Lebel is a strong advocate for the language and culture of francophones.
The Ontario Teachers’ Federation is the advocate for the teaching profession in Ontario and for its 160,000
teachers. OTF members are full-time, part-time and occasional teachers in all the publicly funded schools in
the province—elementary, secondary, public, Catholic and francophone.
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