Category Archives: Education
‘There is a communication problem’: back-to-school headaches in Quebec
MONTREAL — A private high school on Montreal's south shore sent an entire Grade 7 class home this week after a parent of one of the students called in to say he had tested positive for COVID-19. The principal of College francais, in Long...
Plan for inevitable COVID-19 cases in schools, says chief public health officer
OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says families should expect to see cases of COVID-19 in schools as children head back to class. It is important that each school have a plan and that everyone knows what to do when there's an...
Ontario teachers worry about implementing new math curriculum during pandemic
Ontario teachers are denouncing what they describe as the botched implementation of the province's new math curriculum, saying they've had little guidance on material they're expected to teach in just a few weeks. It would be a challenging task in the
Ontario school boards urged to spend air quality funding by Thanksgiving
TORONTO — School boards need to pick up the pace of air quality improvements as schools reopen this fall, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday, urging them not to move "on government time" as they rush to spend millions in
Reopening schools safely tied to other COVID-19 measures: B.C. model
VANCOUVER — A group of COVID-19 modellers says the British Columbia government should increase physical distancing measures to help it more safely reopen schools next month. Paul Tupper, a mathematician with Simon Fraser Univer...
Two B.C. parents file legal challenge against school reopening plans
CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Two fathers have filed an injunction application demanding the British Columbia government implement tougher safety measures aimed at protecting students from the risks of COVID-19 before schools reopen. The applicatio...
Funding to get First Nations kids back to school safely inadequate, critics say
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The federal government is under fire for what critics say has been a delayed response in getting back-to-school funding to First Nations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, Ottawa announced up to $2 billion in back-to-sch...
Tories ask speaking agency to release records on WE’s payments to Trudeau family
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are calling on a speaking agency through which WE Charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family to hand over all documents about the arrangements. The request is co...
‘I’m angry’: some parents, teachers anxious as Quebec schoolkids head back to class
MONTREAL — Olga Maria Ruiz is reluctantly sending her 11-year-old daughter back to school in Montreal this year, armed with a few extra masks and reminders not to hug her classmates and teachers. As many Quebec children return to class this
B.C. parents encouraged to get informed about back-to-school plans
VICTORIA — Back-to-school plans have been posted online for all 60 districts in British Columbia with an aim to offer all instruction in classrooms, but the teachers union says federal cash promised for provinces should be used to&n...
