The Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents The Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents (OFTP) is a provincial homeschool group providing support to homeschooling families and information on home-based education to our members and the public at large. As a collective voice for the homeschooling community in Ontario, OFTP also serves as an advocacy group and link between the homeschooling community and the provincial government, school boards and other agencies. Through our liaison work with the Ministry of Education, we were instrumental in bringing about an official change in the Ontario government's policy towards homeschoolers, released in June 2002 as Policy/Program Memorandum #131 . OFTP is non-profit, run by volunteers, and open to all homelearning families, inclusive of all languages, all faiths/philosophies and all educational styles. We enable networking among our members through our newsletter, online homeschool discussion groups and home-based learning conferences. "Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children." Unschooling Channel on YouTube OFTP's own Dr. Carlo Ricci has started an Unschooling Channel on YouTube! A professor in the Education department of Nippissing University, Carlo is also an OFTP member, currently volunteering as OFTP liaison. Check out his videos on homeschooling and unschooling ! Already homeschooling in Ontario? Join the OFTP! Join the OFTP to support our work protecting the rights of all homeschoolers in Ontario. Not only do your membership fees pay for the cost of contacting government officials and school boards through phone calls and the printing and