Category Archives: Education
Ryerson University to rename journalism school publications ahead of new school year
TORONTO — Ryerson University's school of journalism says it will rename two of its publications ahead of the new school year, dropping any reference to the man the school is named after. The department says in a statement it will change
Report tells of sexual assault, racism at military institute
LEXINGTON, Va. — The Virginia Military Institute has tolerated and failed to address institutional racism and sexism and must be held accountable for making changes, according to a state-sanctioned report released Tuesday.
Saskatchewan First Nation honours children who disappeared from residential school
LESTOCK, Sask. — A First Nation held a ceremony Tuesday at the site of the last standing residential school in its original form in Saskatchewan. Elders and members of Muskowekwan First Nation placed 35 children’s moccasins and shoes to honour those
London school fights COVID fallout with laptops, bean bags
LONDON (AP) — Nik Geraj’s voice fills with pain as he talks about how he struggled to help his daughter study during the coronavirus lockdowns that shut her school for more than four months over the past year.
‘Past the point of no return’? Iowa Dems feel hopes fading
KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — Democrats lost last year's election for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District by the narrowest margin in a House race in almost 40 years. After the six-vote heartbreaker, some expected Democrat Rita Hart to immediately declare a rematch...
UBC reviews award of honorary degree to former principal of B.C. residential school
VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia is reviewing its awarding of an honorary degree to a Roman Catholic bishop who was once a principal at a residential school where the remains of over 200 children have been discovered.The university
Indigenous leader, Saskatchewan want federal action on residential school deaths
REGINA — The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the Saskatchewan government say they want Ottawa to help research undocumented deaths and burials at residential schools in the province. Federation Chief Bobby Cameron says finding the child...
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog predicts $12.3B spending gap in education sector by 2029-30
One of Ontario's fiscal watchdogs says provincial funding allocated for education over the next several years falls billions of dollars short of what it projects will be needed to pay for promised programming.The Financial Accountability Office issued ...
Scrutiny mounts of legacy of pioneering Northwest missionary
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary who was among 13 people killed by the Cayuse tribe near modern-day Walla Walla, Wash...
State GOP lawmakers try to limit teaching about race, racism
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Teachers and professors in Idaho will be prevented from “indoctrinating” students on race. Oklahoma teachers will be prohibited from saying certain people are inherently racist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously. T...
