Our History

The Formation of Districts

The first Senate Meeting of The Superannuated Teachers of Ontario (STO) met in March 1968. Representatives of the five affiliates of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation were the voting delegates. An Extension Committee organized STO into geographic Areas across the province. The committee based the areas on the provincial county board system. On December 4, 1968, the Areas set were:

Area 1 / Fort William     Area 2 / Sault Ste. Marie      Area 3 / North Bay Area     Area 4 / Windsor

Area 5 / Waterloo     Area 6 / St. Catharines     Area 7 / Dufferin, Peel, Malton, Simcoe

Area 8 / Toronto Area   *   Area 9 / Peterborough   *   Area 10 / Ottawa

STO reorganized into Districts in 1972 and made the necessary changes to the Constitution with some adjustments made to the composition of districts in 1973.  The first Senate meeting to which all voting delegates were named by a district was held in May 1974. In 1972 the province was reorganized into Districts. In 1973, the necessary changes were made to the Constitution and some adjustments were made to the composition of districts.

Name of District: Scarborough and East York, District 24

Year of Formation: First meeting was held on February 16, 1972

Description of District: Scarborough and East York (Eastern part of Toronto)

In 1971, Miss Marion Tyrrell, Secretary of the Provincial Superannuated Teachers of Ontario (STO, the forerunner of RTO), and Norman McLeod, an executive member, asked Jim Wilkinson, a retired public school principal in Scarborough, to organize a Scarborough/East York District. An organizing committee was set up with representatives from all the groups. The first meeting of the Scarborough/East York District was held on February 16, 1972. Mr. Jim Wilkinson called the meeting to order and explained that the purpose of the branch was:
(1) to receive STO information
(2) to have a representative on the Senate
(3) to participate in the work of improving pensions and life in general for STO members
(4) to participate in the work of improving pensions and life in general for STO members

The early days of District 24 have been taken from documents prepared by Dr. Robert Lamb. (Origin of District 24, Superannuated Teachers of Ontario)

RTOERO Toronto District 24 documents commemorate district milestones. Download each document from its image. Second image is our Governance Document.

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RTOERO documents commemorate decades of growth. Download each document from its image.

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RTOERO produced several ‘special occasion’ documents. Download each document from its image.