Canadian School Tells Teachers to ‘Avoid Printing’

By Bob Neubauer

Could the toner and paper shortages brought on by supply chain disruptions fuel the ill-advised push toward digital distribution of educational materials? It’s being pondered at one London, Ontario, school district.

A CBC/Radio-Canada story yesterday noted that the Thames Valley District School Board is seeing a shortage of copier toner, complicating teachers’ ability to provide students with photocopied assignments. This prompted the president of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario to suggest a “pivot to a digital distribution.”

Students, however, aren’t as enamored with such a move.

"I definitely prefer the paper because it gets more in my brain that way, than just trying to type it out," said one high school junior.

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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.

Canadian School to Teachers: ‘Avoid Printing’