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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities says her government is still “running numbers” to see the impact a federal cap on the number of international students allowed in the province will have. Speaking to Global News briefly at the Rural Ontario Municipal …
Read More »Ontario universities plead for increased funding amid Ford government tuition freeze
Stagnant provincial funding and a years-long tuition freeze are “undermining” student success at post-secondary institutions, according to Ontario universities, which are pleading with the Ford government for more money in 2024. The province launched its pre-budget consultations this week, allowing a variety of stakeholders that rely on money from Queen’s …
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 »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. …
Read More »Is a teachers strike looming? What Ontario government and unions say
The showdown between teachers’ unions and the Ontario government is heating up, as elementary and Catholic teachers have handed their respective unions overwhelming strike mandates. On Wednesday, elementary teachers showed protracted negotiations could escalate as 95 per cent of members gave the union a mandate to strike. The next day, …
Read More »Ontario English Catholic teachers vote to hand union strike mandate
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The day after elementary school teachers in Ontario voted in favour of a strike mandate, Catholic teachers have handed their union the same bargaining tool. Teachers represented by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) voted 97 percent in favour of a …
Read More »Toronto high school teacher bargaining team doesn’t support deal to avoid strikes
The largest local bargaining unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation has told members it opposes a tentative agreement between the provincial union and the government that would avoid the possibility of strikes. The OSSTF reached a deal last month with the province that would see the parties keep …
Read More »Ministry of Education to audit finances at Toronto-area school board – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Toronto-area school board, previously at the centre of a heated debate about raising the Pride flag in June, will have its finances audited by provincial officials. The audit at the York Catholic District School Board, confirmed by the Ford government, comes after …
Read More »Ontario doctors weigh in on screen time and vaccinations ahead of back-to-school
As parents in Ontario prepare to send their children back to school, a group of Ontario doctors is outlining some of the risks that remain in the classroom and how to combat them. The upcoming school year will be the first since the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared over and …
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