ABOUT OPTA

Overview

As of January 2018, approximately 24,000 students in grades 11 and 12, in some 420 Ontario high schools, study philosophy. 

This is the largest number of students in a single jurisdiction in the English-speaking world.

Accreditation

The Ontario Philosophy Teachers' Association (OPTA) is the official subject association for philosophy teachers in Ontario public and Catholic high schools. OPTA is recognized as such by the Ontario Ministry of Education, the Ontario College of Teachers, and the Curriculum Forum of the Ontario Federation of Teachers.

Mandate

OPTA is committed to:

To these ends, OPTA is mandated to:

Governance

OPTA is a not-for-profit educational organization run by volunteers. There is no annual membership fee and no membership identification is issued.

OPTA Volunteers

Kenneth Peglar

OPTA President

Retired

kpeglar@rogers.com


Dana Wallace

OPTA Treasurer

Curriculum Consultant

York Region District School Board

dana.wallace@yrdsb.ca


Tamara Ray

OPTA Secretary

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Secondary School

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board

ontariophilosophy@gmail.com


Anne Thompson (née Pringle)

OPTA Content Creator

King City Secondary School

York Region District School Board

anne.thompson@yrdsb.ca