Tag Archives: Education
'A serious moment in the life of the world': Trudeau heads back to United Nations
WASHINGTON - At the annual UN General Assembly, that traffic-snarling symposium of international hand-wringing and high dudgeon now underway in New York City, the peril of climate change is always a p...
Sep 18, 2023
Debate over pronouns pits parental rights against the rights of children, experts say
Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student's preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the lives of the...
Sep 17, 2023
Debate over pronouns pits parental rights against the rights of children, experts say
OTTAWA - Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student's preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the liv...
Sep 17, 2023
Saskatchewan child advocate says pronoun policy for schools violates rights
Saskatchewan's child advocate has released a report saying the province's pronoun policy in schools violates rights to gender identity and expression."The policy clearly discriminates against transgen...
Sep 16, 2023
Legacy of Prince Albert high school student lives on through special scholarship
A young woman who was passionate about volleyball, 80s music, travelling and dreamed of moving to New York City with her small dog, will forever be remembered through a scholarship created in her name...
Sep 15, 2023
Suncrest College hosts official launch, says enrollment is up since merger
Suncrest College is just two and a half weeks into its academic year and is already seeing positive results due to its recent merger.The post-secondary institution came together back in July as a culm...
Sep 15, 2023
All former youth in care in B.C. now eligible for education tuition waivers: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia has expanded its tuition waiver program to include all former youth in government care enrolling in post-secondary education. Selina Robinson, post-secondary education and ...
Sep 14, 2023
Saskatchewan considers notwithstanding clause to keep school pronoun policy change
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is ready to use the notwithstanding clause to protect a new rule requiring parental permission for transgender and nonbinary students to use different names or pronouns ...
Sep 14, 2023
Trudeau in New York next week to talk climate, development at UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to New York next week to take part in the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister's Office confirmed today that T...
Sep 14, 2023
Quebec education minister rejects hearings on gender identity, prefers expert panel
Quebec's education minister says he won't convene a legislative committee on gender identity because he says doing so exposes the sensitive issue to political exploitation. Instead, Bernard Drainville...
Sep 13, 2023