Category Archives: Education
University of British Columbia director resigns after holiday trip amid pandemic
VANCOUVER — The director of the University of British Columbia's school of population and public health has resigned after apologizing for taking a holiday trip during the COVID-19 pandemic. Peter Berman says in a statement he decided to resign as dir...
Parents find strategies to manage extended online learning in southern Ontario
Tanya Bogatin's once pristine home is no longer quite so organized, and she's waiting a little longer between loads of laundry, but it's no skin off her back. Her priorities have shifted now that she'll be helping her two young
Ontario cabinet to meet Monday to consider new pandemic measures
TORONTO — Ontario's cabinet is set to meet later today to consider new measures to combat skyrocketing rates of COVID-19. A government source says officials worked on new recommendations through the weekend that will be presented to cabinet tonight. ...
All kids return to classroom in Alberta, but Saskatchewan, Manitoba more complicated
Alberta kids return to full-time in-person classes this week, but the back-to-school story is a bit more complicated in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced last week that lockdown restrictions imposed last month would conti...
Schools in northern Ontario set to reopen to in-class learning on Monday
Meredith Coulas has several lessons planned for students returning to her classroom, but none so pressing as how to protect themselves against COVID-19. Coulas teaches French immersion in Sudbury, Ont., and her collapsed class of Grades 1 through 3 wi...
Experts call for community sacrifices to ensure COVID-19 safety in schools
TORONTO — Schools shuttered by fears of a post-holiday pandemic surge reopen in many parts of the country Monday, but experts say keeping kids safe will depend on stepped-up control measures beyond the learning environment. Thousands of students in Alb...
Ontario teachers’ unions want government to develop benchmarks for school plan
TORONTO — Ontario's four major teachers' unions say they want the government to establish specific benchmarks that would trigger moves to in-person or virtual learning. They say that needs to be part of a provincial plan for the safe return of
New work permit being offered to keep more international students in Canada
OTTAWA — International students are being offered a new work permit by the federal government in a bid to convince more to settle here permanently. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says former students who hold post-graduation work permits that hav...
Quebec cancels high school ministerial exams, announces tutoring program
MONTREAL — Quebec's education minister says the province is cancelling ministerial exams for high school students and will put out a call for qualified teaching personnel and education students to join a new tutoring program to be launched in the
Quebec defends decision to reopen schools despite imposing provincewide 8 p.m. curfew
MONTREAL — Quebec on Friday defended its decision to reopen schools despite soaring COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations, with one public health official saying classrooms aren't the primary drivers of transmission. The government announced...
