julie pauletig new head of ontario teachers federation

julie pauletig (bed'86) was elected the 70th president of the ontario teachers federation (otf) in august 2013.

julie was a daily occasional teacher with the thunder bay catholic district school board before becoming an elementary school teacher with the york catholic district school board in 1986. as a first year teacher, julie took on the role of teacher advocate and became involved with the ontario english catholic teachers’ association (oecta) local level as a collective bargaining team member.

in her new role as otf president, julie explains, "maintaining a strong fully funded pension plan for retirees and contributing plan members is otf's main priority."