Tag Archives: Education
'Pushed down our throats': Letters detail school pronoun concerns in Saskatchewan
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government received 18 official complaints in the summer before it implemented a rule preventing most children from changing their names or pronouns at school without parenta...
Dec 18, 2023
Season of Giving campaign underway for Living Sky land-based learning
For nearly a decade, students in the Living Sky School Division know what it's like to get their feet wet in a creek, catch fish, and learn how to properly prepare fillets and tan their skins. They've...
Dec 14, 2023
Liberal MPs ask universities if calling for genocide of Jews violates school codes
OTTAWA - Five Liberal members of Parliament are asking 25 Canadian university presidents to say whether calling for a genocide against Jewish people or the elimination of Israel violates their school ...
Dec 14, 2023
Explaining Quebec's new French requirement for out-of-province university students
MONTREAL - Not only is Quebec hiking annual tuition for out-of-province students at McGill and Concordia universities to $12,000, the government will also require that 80 per cent of them graduate wit...
Dec 14, 2023
'Damaging': Saskatchewan high school rejects author's talk on son coming out as gay
Ruby Remenda Swanson says she never thought her hometown high school would be the only place to bar her from sharing her family's story.Remenda Swanson says she's been to dozens of places in Canada, i...
Dec 14, 2023
McGill calls tuition hike, new French rules 'targeted attack' on English universities
MONTREAL - Quebec says it will raise tuition by 30 per cent for out-of-province Canadians and force universities to ensure most of those students are proficient in French when they graduate, a decisio...
Dec 14, 2023
'Damaging': Saskatchewan high school rejects author's talk on son coming out as gay
REGINA - Ruby Remenda Swanson says she never thought her hometown high school would be the only place to bar her from sharing her family's story. Remenda Swanson says she's been to dozens of places in...
Dec 14, 2023
University of Calgary named world's first United Nations University hub for water
CALGARY - The University of Calgary has become the world's first United Nations University hub focused on water. The hub is a partnership between the Calgary school and the United Nations University I...
Dec 13, 2023
NESD support workers support strike mandate
Education support workers for the North East School Division (NESD) are one step closer to potentially walking off the job. Members voted on Thursday in favour of a strike mandate. Around 75 per cent ...
Dec 11, 2023
Mentorship program aims to boost number of IT technicans in Athabasca region
The Spark Mentorship Program offered by Optek Solutions is looking for candidates for its upcoming information technology (IT) certification course.That's according to Allison Strong, the marketing an...
Dec 08, 2023