Category Archives: Education
Alberta to dole out federal funds for COVID-safe schools on per-student basis
EDMONTON — Alberta's United Conservative government says $262 million in federal money will be doled out equitably to school boards to help cover COVID-19-related costs, but the Opposition NDP says cutting class sizes should have been the pri...
Manitoba provides back-to-school guide for parents and teachers
WINNIPEG — Manitoba has laid out more details for parents and teachers about what can be expected when kids are back in classrooms next week and how schools are to respond to cases of COVID-19. "There is a lot of anticipation about
NDP says documents prove youth minister played key role in WE decision
OTTAWA — Federal New Democrats are citing recently released documents as proof that Youth Minister Bardish Chagger was the key driver in the Liberal government's decision to have WE Charity administer a multimillion-dollar student-volunteer program. ND...
School boards will need to “collapse” some classes, trustees group says
TORONTO — School boards will have no choice but to collapse and combine some classrooms when school starts this fall as administrators take into account the number of students opting for online learning, the head of Ontario's trustees as...
Sites to be commemorated: Residential schools recognized as ‘historic event’
They blighted Indigenous lives for more than a century. Now their creation is being formally recognized as one of the events that helped shape today's Canada. The federal government has put residential schools on the official roster of N...
New Brunswick Liberals promise to eliminate interest on provincial student loans
FREDERICTON — Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers promised Tuesday that if elected, his government would stop collecting its share of interest on New Brunswick student loans for residents who choose to live in the province after graduating. Loan rec...
Ontario government announces programs to curb sex trafficking and educate youth
BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Ontario government unveiled two new programs on Monday as part of a province-wide crackdown on sex trafficking. Provincial cabinet members said at a news conference that the initiatives will address the growing rate ...
WE calls latest Conservative request for documents ‘politics’
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are calling on WE Charity to release a series of documents the Toronto-based youth organization promised to hand over to a House of Commons committee before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prorogued Parliament. But WE i...
Vancouver School Board working on a transition option for students
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver School Board says it is working on an alternate back-to-school option for parents who are not comfortable sending their children into classrooms. The board says a survey completed by parents earlier this week showed that ...
Glitches a virtual certainty as classes resume, but lessons to be learned
The technical glitches and occasional outages that will almost certainly be part of this year's virtual school experience in Ontario may also prove to be teachable moments for educators and students alike, according to various experts in the field. Sch...
