Honorarium

1. For these locals – Edmonton Public, Edmonton Catholic and Ft. McMurray teachers, the standard honoraria for GETCA 2026 are as follows:

$200 per 60 minute session
$400 per half-day session (140 minutes)

2. All other speakers may submit an all-in inclusive fee (travel, materials should all be accounted for in this fee).

3. The ATA requires that GETCA provide the Edmonton Public School Board, the Edmonton Catholic School District, Fort McMurray Catholic School Board and the Fort McMurray Public School Board with the names of any EPSB, ECSD, FMCSD, and FMPSD teachers who are speaking at convention and receiving an honorarium.

Goods and Services Tax (GST) charged by a Speaker who is being paid to present at GETCA will be honoured only if the Speaker has provided a business registration number to the GETCA. GST should be included in your all inclusive fee.

GST

Goods and Services Tax (GST) must be included in the all inclusive fee proposed.

Payment

1. If a contract is offered, the Speaker must provide either:
   (a) a Social Insurance Number (SIN), or
   (b) an invoice from a company.

   This information is required by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for income reporting purposes. For any questions, please contact the GETCA Treasurer at [email protected].

   Invoices that charge GST must include a GST business registration number.

2. In the proposal, you can select whether the payment goes to the first speaker or is split among multiple speakers. Any fee paid over $499.00 CAD will require the issuance of a T4.

3. All out-of-country speakers must file a Form 105 with the CRA.

4. An email will be sent to the address provided on the Proposal Form requesting banking information for automatic payment via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT through RBC Pay Edge).