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    Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association

    Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association (ORMTA) - Ontario Music Teachers' Association (OMTA) 1936-46. Organization formed in Toronto in 1936 to promote and maintain high musical and academic qualifications among its members. An earlier OMTA (Canadian Society of Musicians) was founded in 1885.

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    Ontario Research Foundation

    The Ontario Research Foundation (ORF) was established as an independent corporation by a provincial Act in 1928; laboratory facilities were provided at the outset.

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    Ontario Schools Question

    The Ontario schools question was the first major schools issue to focus on language rather than religion. In Ontario, French or French-language education remained a contentious issue for nearly a century, from 1890 to 1980, with English-speaking Catholics and Protestants aligned against French-speaking Catholics.

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    Ontario Science Centre

    The Ontario Science Centre opened in 1969 with the purpose of exhibiting and conducting public education programs about science and technology. Since its opening, the Centre has been recognized for its hands-on or “learn-through-play” approach to exhibition and educational programming. In 2023, the Ontario government announced that the Centre would move from its original Don Valley location in Toronto to a new site in Ontario Place. In the summer of 2024, the Don Valley site was closed to visitors due to deteriorating infrastructure.

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    Ontario Slashes Spending

    While it may seem odd for a businessman to criticize austerity measures by a Conservative government, equally unusual was the size and scope of Eves's cost-cutting program. The financial statement, which slashed $6.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 11, 1995

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    Ontario Teachers Return to Class (Nov97 Updates)

    Over the past few weeks, Jamie McAlpine and his wife, Ann, had several intense and emotional discussions across the kitchen table about the provincewide teachers' strike that gave 2.1 million Ontario children an unscheduled holiday.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 17, 1997

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    Ontario to Ban Pit Bulls

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on November 15, 2004. Partner content is not updated. LIKE ALL COMMERCIAL BRANDS, DOG breeds fall in and out of fashion. Take, for instance, the Dalmation. When Disney released its live-action version of the classic animated film 101 Dalmations in 1996, demand for the speckled puppies skyrocketed.

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    Open Courts and Publication Bans

    Canada inherited the open court tradition of Great Britain. The open court serves many functions. It ensures that all are treated equally before the law. It acts as an incentive for all involved in the process to do their best.

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    Open Learning Agency

    The Open Learning Agency (OLA), located in Burnaby, BC, is a fully accredited public educational institution, committed to providing lifelong learning opportunities to British Columbians and learners around the world.

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    Open Skies Agreement Signed

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 6, 1995. Partner content is not updated.

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    Opening of Parliament

    The opening of Parliament may refer either to the beginning of the first session of PARLIAMENT after a general election or to the beginning of a subsequent session.

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    Operation Dismantle

    Operation Dismantle, founded in 1977 by T. James Stark and Peter Brown, was a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose goal was to bring the pressure of international public opinion to bear on national governments to negotiate an end to the nuclear arms race.

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    Operation Dismantle Case

    Cruise Missile Case (1985).

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    Ophthalmology

    Ophthalmology is the medical specialty concerned with the eyes and their relationship to the body.

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    Opossum

    The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is Canada’s only marsupial. It belongs to one of three marsupial families native to the Americas. The Virginia opossum’s northernmost range reaches into Southern and Southeastern Ontario, Southern Quebec and the lower Fraser Valley in British Columbia. However, this range is slowly expanding north, likely due to climate change.

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