Running On Fumes Report 2025

Every day, school board workers across the province are experiencing growing levels of violence, in large part due to the underfunding and understaffing crises in public education.
A new report, Running on Fumes: Violence, Austerity, and Institutional Neglect in Ontario Schools, chronicles the increase in workplace violence incidents among school board workers across Ontario. CUPE school board workers made up 52 percent of the sample size of those interviewed.
The report and research were carried out by Dr. Chris Bruckert, Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa and Dr. Darcy Santor, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Ottawa (along with PhD students Darby Mallory and Hanya Ismail). Please click on the link to read the Final Report!!

Running on Fumes, Ontario 2025 Report, Final