Responding to Violence

Change and conflict are daily realities for administrators and The Register article on Responding to Violence (Fall 2025) offers practical, grounded guidance for navigating both with confidence and care. Drawing on real school-based scenarios, it explores how change can trigger conflict and how conflict, when managed well, can become a catalyst for growth, stronger relationships and healthier school cultures. It is an invaluable read for school leaders looking to strengthen their practice and support staff and students through complex and evolving challenges.

Call for Submissions for The Register Magazine

The Register Magazine is OPC’s digital professional publication for school leaders, published three times a year. It features timely perspectives, research informed writing and reflections that support principals and vice-principals in their daily practice.

We are welcoming submissions for upcoming issues. We invite feature articles, research informed writing, book reviews and Share Your Story contributions that reflect current leadership realities.

Learn more, review submission guidelines and submit your work.

Free Trauma Response Course

Take advantage of this amazing opportunity to engage in a free five-hour self-directed course titled, Foundation in Trauma Response, through the Center for Trauma Informed Practices. This certificate course guides you in exploring the "why" behind a complex variety of human reactions to traumatic situations. Deepening your knowledge of trauma response will support trauma-informed approaches and decision-making for school leaders.

Interested in this foundational learning in trauma response? There are 150 spaces remaining. Register here.

Quote to Ponder

"Life has two rules: number 1, never quit! Number 2, always remember rule number one." – Duke Ellington

Media

• Does your local school lock its doors? Why school entrance protocols vary across Canada

• Debate about police in schools reignites as Ontario school board prepares for resource officer program

• Parents urge province to create standard of care for Ontario students with diabetes

• Thousands of students face possible school suspension over incomplete immunization records

• CUPE 1328 demands clarity after TCDSB signals end to school-wide Child and Youth Workers

• School board trustees defend role against threats from education minister

• Northwestern Ontario school boards share resources after mass school shooting in B.C.

Articles Requiring a Paid Subscription

• More than 16,000 Toronto students are at risk of suspension over vaccination records. Why some parents say they’re not to blame