Category Archives: Education
Latvian woman charged in US with role in cybercrime group
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Latvian woman has been charged with developing malicious software used by a cybercrime organization that infected computers worldwide and looted bank accounts of millions of dollars, the Justice Department said Friday.
Ontario legislature removes Egerton Ryerson painting and bust after NDP request
TORONTO — The Ontario legislature has removed a painting and bust of Egerton Ryerson following a request from the leader of the Opposition to relocate the artwork of the man credited as an architect of Canada's residential schools system. NDP Leader
Biden tells graduates it’s ‘up to you’ to shape the future
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says members of the graduating class of 2021 are leaving school at an “inflection point” that gives them influence to shape the nation and the world around them like few others.
UK ‘people’s tribunal’ hears claims China abused Uyghurs
LONDON (AP) — A “people’s tribunal” set up to assess whether China’s alleged rights abuses against the Uyghur people constitute genocide opened in London on Friday, with witnesses alleging that inmates at detention camps for Uyghurs were routinely humi...
A look at the residential-school system in Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in an unmarked burial site on the grounds of a former residential school
Yukon lays groundwork to establish First Nations school board: officials
WHITEHORSE — Yukon education officials say they have finalized an agreement that paves the way for the creation of a First Nations school board in the territory. Education Minister Jeanie McLean said Thursday the eventual establishment of a First Nati...
No back-to-classes just yet for many Manitoba students: government
WINNIPEG — Many Manitoba students will have to stick with remote learning through to the end of the school year. Schools in Winnipeg, Brandon and some other areas have been closed to in-class learning due to high COVID-19 case numbers in
Biden’s AI czar focuses on societal risks, preventing harm
Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning up after a nuclear disaster, waxing floors or pulling barnacles off a ship.
Peruvians to pick new president amid relentless pandemic
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Amid an unrelenting coronavirus pandemic that has overwhelmed cemeteries, Peruvian voters will choose Sunday between a political novice who has scared business by promising to overhaul the key mining industry and a career politician w...
Ex-UK education czar decries “half-hearted” schools effort
LONDON (AP) — Britain risks failing hundreds of thousands of young people with its “half-hearted” effort to bolster schools after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the former education recovery chief who resigned over the government’s funding announc...
