Ottawa Region Branch of The Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association Statement on COVID-19

 

 

For those of you who are planning to return to in-person teaching, please be sure you are in compliance with the guidelines set out by the Province of Ontario in Ontario Regulation 364/20: Rules for Areas in Stage 3 (https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r20364).  The Teaching of Music is specifically referenced in “In-person teaching and instruction” in Section 5.  Additional information for ORMTA members can be found on the ORMTA Provincial website (https://ormta.org/), on the CFMTA website (https://www.cfmta.org/),  and on the following sites. 

 

    The Public Health Agency of Canada / Agence de la santé publique du Canada:
        https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html or https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique.html  
    
    Public Health Ontario / Santé publique Ontario
        https://www.publichealthontario.ca/ or  https://www.publichealthontario.ca/fr
    
    Ottawa Public Health / Santé publique Ottawa                        
        https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca or https://www.santepubliqueottawa.ca

 

Regardless of your decisions about how you will be delivering lessons this fall, please remember that you are an independent business owner and responsible for your choices and any consequences of your choices. 

 

Susan Blyth-Schofield
President, Ottawa Region Branch of ORMTA