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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s public schools can stay open during March break to make up for lost class time — but it won’t be mandatory, the province’s education minister said Tuesday. Bernard Drainville announced a $300-million plan to help students catch up after the labour conflict …
Read More »Quebec’s ‘common front’ public sector unions will vote on new contract
An alliance of Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers will take a proposed contract to its members for approval, after a fall and winter marked by massive strikes and protests. The labour alliance representing the workers confirmed Sunday that the deal struck with the province Dec. 28 is now …
Read More »Quebec teachers hopeful but weary as students return to school after strikes
Montreal high school art teacher Marion Miller says she’s looking forward to welcoming her students back to class on Tuesday for the first time since her union went on unlimited strike Nov. 23. “I think a lot of my colleagues are very relieved and happy that we’re finally going back …
Read More »Ontario teacher charged for allegedly failing to help student in medical distress
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A teacher with the Thames Valley District School Board is facing charges after St. Thomas Police say the person failed to help a student who had a “medical episode” in their classroom. Police said in a release Friday that the incident happened …
Read More »Future leaders immersing themselves in parliamentary process – Winnipeg
Spending the week drafting, tabling, and debating legislation may not be how many of us would choose to spend our winter break, but for a group of nearly 80 high-school and post-secondary students, they wouldn’t choose to be anywhere else, as the 102nd sitting of the Youth Parliament of Manitoba …
Read More »Teachers in Ontario’s French language public school system to hold strike vote
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 20, 2023 11:27 am Updated December 20, 2023 1:25 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Teachers in Ontario’s French-language public school system will be voting next month on whether to give their union a strike mandate after nearly …
Read More »Maritime colleges cap admissions from some countries
International students coming to the Maritimes from select parts of Africa are being stopped at the door, according to the Nigerian-Canadian Association of New Brunswick. President Adebayo Ogunleye said international students looking to come from his home country of Nigeria have been treated unfairly compared with other countries. Ogunleye said …
Read More »Far from home, Indigenous students face challenges getting education but there’s hope
Charla Moonias lost her friends, her language and the connection to her culture after she left her northern Ontario First Nation at 14 years old to go to school hundreds of kilometres away. There was little support available as she struggled with addictions, tried to cope with the suicides of …
Read More »Ontario introduces strategy to halve timelines for building schools
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 11, 2023 11:41 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s education minister says he is introducing a new process for building schools that will cut timelines in half. Stephen Lecce says the average time it takes to build a school …
Read More »Ontario ombudsman to investigate education payments to parents
Ontario’s ombudsman has announced an investigation into a pandemic education policy announced by the Ford government that gave parents cash to boost their children’s learning. The ombudsman, Paul Dubé, announced Monday he would be launching a “systemic investigation” into direct payments handed out by the Ministry of Education to parents. …
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