Tag Archives: Education
Melfort girl among 4-H scholarship recipients
Melfort's Caitlyn Spratt is one of 12 recipients for this year's 4-H Agriculture Scholarship as announced by 4-H Canada on Tuesday.Spratt will pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Bioscience ...
Aug 30, 2023
'Still fighting': Opponents of Sask. pronoun policy make their voices heard in P.A.
It's a fight that allies in Prince Albert say they are still fighting year after year: the right for LGBTQ+ students to be protected.Last week's policy changes on gender identity, sexual education and...
Aug 30, 2023
No more 'Forest Fridays': B.C. pupils to return to school in fire-ravaged communities
VANCOUVER - Alesha Campbell's five-year-old daughter Maddie used to look forward to "Forest Fridays," when she and kindergarten classmates would walk through the woods behind Rose Valley Elementary in...
Aug 30, 2023
Sask. researchers receive funding for expanding work on plant pathogens
A research initiative looking into plant pathogens has received nearly $800,000 in funding from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund. The fund, which is run through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (C...
Aug 29, 2023
A look at how Canada's housing woes are straining the budgets of foreign students
Housing woes for international students have made headlines in recent weeks as they grapple with lack of housing, inadequate placements or fake admissions offers. Some say what drove them to come to C...
Aug 28, 2023
Hundreds gather to protest Saskatchewan’s new school gender and naming policy
Hundreds of protesters lined up in front of Don Morgan's office in Saskatoon on Sunday afternoon to voice their displeasure about a new gender and naming policy implemented by the provincial governmen...
Aug 27, 2023
Many support staff positions unfilled in Quebec schools, union warns
MONTREAL - As Quebec struggles to recruit enough teachers to fill its classrooms ahead of the new school year, a major union is warning that it's proving equally hard to find enough support staff. The...
Aug 27, 2023
Teachers turn to AI to make workload more manageable, chart lesson plans
Jessica Reid has thought about quitting the career she'd dreamed of since childhood hundreds of times. Until recently, she was overwhelmed by her workload as an elementary school teacher- planning les...
Aug 27, 2023
Teachers turn to AI to make workload more manageable, chart lesson plans
Jessica Reid has thought about quitting the career she'd dreamed of since childhood hundreds of times. Until recently, she was overwhelmed by her workload as an elementary school teacher- planning les...
Aug 27, 2023
Receiving death threats not regular part of Quebec elementary teacher's job: tribunal
LVIS, Que. - The psychological harm suffered by a Quebec elementary teacher after a student brought knives to school and told classmates he planned to kill her was a workplace injury, the province's l...
Aug 26, 2023