Category Archives: Education
Federal website advertising hundreds of non-existent student-volunteer positions
OTTAWA — The federal website advertising volunteer positions for students hoping to earn money for their educations through a $900-million government aid program contains hundreds of positions that do not actually exist. Among the student-voluntee...
Auditor finds $2.4B in unpaid student loans, calls for stronger recovery efforts
OTTAWA — Canada's auditor general has called for the federal government to step up its recovery of outstanding student loans to keep taxpayers from being left on the hook after discovering that $2.4 billion in such loans were in default last
Head of New Brunswick public libraries resigns amid patronage accusations
FREDERICTON — The executive director of the New Brunswick Public Library Service is resigning after just five months on the job following accusations he got the position through political patronage. Kevin Cormier sent a letter ...
N.L. presents three scenarios in its COVID-19 back-to-school plan for the fall
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's back-to-school plan aims to maximize in-class attendance with the option of a return to remote learning if the COVID-19 risk increases. The Education Department released its plan Monday for resum...
Ontario to end streaming in Grade 9, early years suspensions
TORONTO — Ontario will soon join the rest of Canada by doing away with an educational practice that perpetuates racism throughout the system, the provincial government said Monday as it announced the looming end to streaming in high scho...
Boards eye partial back-to-school plan that worries working parents
TORONTO — Andrea Moffat can't decide what will be worse for her five-year-old son in September — keeping him at home or allowing him to make a partial return to school. The 42-year-old college professor said her boy has struggled with feeling...
Kielburger backtracks after saying PM’s office contacted WE about $900M program
OTTAWA — One of the co-founders of WE Charity says he "misspoke" when he told youth leaders that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's staff reached out in April to see if the organization would administer what became a $900-million federal student-aid ...
Child-care providers say Ontario government’s efforts to help falling far short
TORONTO — The Ontario government risks gutting the child-care sector if it doesn't begin funnelling promised funds to beleaguered daycare centres that were shut down due to COVID-19, the organization representing the industry said Tuesda...
Tories ask auditor general to probe ‘outsourcing’ of $900M student aid program
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are calling for an investigation into the Liberal government's decision to have an international charity administer a $900-million program designed to help students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The request is co...
Protesters denounce changes to Quebec experience program, call on government to act
MONTREAL — Demonstrators denounced proposed changes to a Quebec immigration program that fast-tracks foreign students and workers, describing the reforms during several protests Saturday as a dehumanizing vision of immigration policy. The cha...
