Jason Schilling
Jason Schilling is the president of the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA), representing 51,000 educators across public, Catholic, and Francophone schools in Alberta. Recently, he has expressed concerns regarding inadequate salary increases and classroom overcrowding, leading the ATA to consider a strike.
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Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, said classrooms are overwhelmed and complexity is unmanageable.
Alberta’s new report on classroom complexity echoes teachers’ union recommendations
Canada· 2025-11-23
Jason Schilling, head of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, announced Thursday the union has filed an application asking for a judge to immediately pause the law.
Alberta teachers to challenge Danielle Smith’s government in court over notwithstanding clauseCanada· 2025-11-07
Jason Schilling, the union president, defended the teachers' proposal as not extravagant during a news conference.
Talks stall between Alberta teachers, province as strike stretches into seventh dayCanada· 2025-10-15
Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, highlighted the lack of resources for teachers to deal with complex needs.
Alberta teachers say they aren’t equipped to help students with complex needsCanada· 2025-10-11
Jason Schilling is the president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association.
Alberta private-school funding under fresh scrutiny amid historic teachers’ strikeCanada· 2025-10-09
Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, has said there were no formal negotiations between the province and the teachers’ union over the weekend.
Alberta teachers’ strike begins, affecting around 700,000 studentsCanada· 2025-10-06
Jason Schilling is the president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association.
Alberta teachers edge toward a strike with salaries a key issueCanada· 2025-10-04Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers Association, said it’s still possible to avert a strike.
Alberta teachers appear poised to strike next week after rejecting tentative dealCanada· 2025-09-30Union president Jason Schilling told reporters the result was a 'historical no,' and a sign of just how disrespected teachers are feeling.
Alberta teachers reject government contract offer, setting up provincewide strikeCanada· 2025-09-30
ATA president Jason Schilling says that crowded classrooms is a main issue for them.
Alberta schools are overcrowded as province struggles to keep up with population growthCanada· 2025-09-18
Jason Schilling said the government's decision to pause the implementation of its book ban has turned into an ill-timed game.
Alberta pauses ban on school library books with sexually explicit contentCanada· 2025-09-03
Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, says teachers in the province consider cellphone bans effective overall.
Do school cellphone bans work? The results are mixedCanada· 2025-08-30
He said his union members should not be held responsible for the province’s 'shifting' fiscal concerns.
Alberta minister calls teachers union ‘manipulative’ as strike or lockout looms amid book banCanada· 2025-08-30
ATA president Jason Schilling told The Globe teachers went years without wage increases.
Alberta faces back-to-back negotiations with two of the province’s largest unionsCanada· 2025-05-10
