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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Thousands attended the Saskatoon Tribal Council’s (STC) annual Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway and Carnival on Friday. When the event first began to take form in 2014, 100 backpacks filled with supplies were handed out. This year, that number was 3,500. “You can just …
Read More »Tensions linger as Ontario students prep for return to campus after pro-Palestinian protests
As students prepare to head back to post-secondary campuses for the fall term, tensions sparked by the pro-Palestinian protest encampments that cropped up at several Ontario universities over the summer break are lingering on for some. Several students who supported or participated in the protests say they’re disappointed in how their schools …
Read More »Ontario substitute teacher charged with assault involving two students
South Simcoe police say officers opened an investigation at a school in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury in April. News Source link
Read More »How Saskatchewan’s rental housing shortage is affecting students
Saskatchewan is facing a housing supply issue, with some experts saying if no new homes are added to the market, supply will run out in one and a half months. This issue is affecting everyone, including students. “For the university crowd and the Sask Polytech crowd that are coming back …
Read More »Montreal law students convince federal justice minister to review two convictions – Montreal
Over the past year, a Quebec non-profit that advocates for the wrongfully convicted has convinced the federal justice minister to take a second look at two cases in which people have been declared guilty. Project Innocence Quebec says its work led Justice Minister Arif Virani in April to order a …
Read More »Former students share memories of the Ontario Science Centre’s school
From DNA extraction to space shuttle simulations to a field trip to a nuclear reactor, former students of the school operated out of the Ontario Science Centre are reminiscing about their formative experience, following word of the centre’s abrupt closure. The science centre did not respond to questions about whether its science …
Read More »Demand for summer meal programs for students increasing at N.B. food bank – New Brunswick
Students are off for summer break and that means a pause in school lunch programs, but for families that rely on those meals, it’s a difficult time. The Oromocto Food Bank in New Brunswick is reporting a major increase in demand this summer from schools around the area. Jane Buckley, …
Read More »Toronto students, teachers seek relief from hot classrooms amid heat wave
In Beatrice Schneider’s seventh grade classroom in Toronto, there are two fans in opposite corners of the room. One of them is broken. When temperatures soar – as they have this week while much of Ontario experiences a heat wave – the class gets stuffy, the students get sweaty and learning can …
Read More »Northern youth help build house in Dominican Republic – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Students from Northern Manitoba returned to Winnipeg today after a trip to the Dominican Republic to help a family build a home. The group consisted of 22-volunteers from three Northern First Nations. Organizers from the trip say going to the Dominican helped …
Read More »Winnipeg-based drone program helps students ‘soar’ with possibilities – Winnipeg
A unique program is giving Manitoba students opportunities to take a peek at a high-flying future working with drones. For the past three years, the Science Experiential Aerial Research program, otherwise know as “SEAR” has been teaching students over the course of four days to learn about drones. Then, if …
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