By Gary Fenn (OSSTF-FEESO)* The conservative provincial government promoted their online learning plan as “continuing education” for students.  In reality, it was emergency remote learning.  The government pushed for more synchronous, livestreamed learning sessions with students, rather than allowing students to work at their own pace in an asynchronous way. The Ontario government, like many other provincial governments in Canada, were praising their ability to deliver high quality education using online tools to students across the province.  What we discovered was that many students disengaged from online learning as inequities emerged, and became exacerbated by moving to a fully online format.  Many students lacked access to reliable internet connections, or did not possess the…