Tag Archives: Education
Cree leader says Pope's apology should have mentioned residential school grave sites
CROSS LAKE, Man. - A Cree chief in northern Manitoba said Pope Francis fell short in his apology last week for the abuse Indigenous students faced in residential schools as the chief's First Nation pr...
Apr 05, 2022
McGill threatens to sanction student union over pro-Palestine policy
MONTREAL - McGill University is threatening to sanction its student union, including by prohibiting it from using the McGill name, because the association championed a pro-Palestinian policy that the ...
Apr 05, 2022
Universities eye federal budget for research cash as competition for talent heats up
OTTAWA - Post-secondary schools and students are looking to the Liberals to make a down payment in the post-pandemic economy by boosting research spending in the federal budget coming this week. Finan...
Apr 04, 2022
Lloydminster receives $215,000 for Family Resource Centre
The Border City is getting a new Family Resource Centre.The province made the announcement this week for funding to create the centre in Lloydminster, along with two more in Weyburn and Swift Current....
Apr 01, 2022
Living Sky preparing proposed budget for new school year
Living Sky School Division is getting ready to prepare its 2022-23 proposed budget for the new school year.At the board meeting Wednesday, administration discussed the process involved in designing th...
Mar 31, 2022
B.C. says focus on more than just low fees for universal child-care programs
VICTORIA - It was almost 40 years ago that Sharon Gregson says she became an advocate for child care out of necessity. The spokeswoman for $10-a-day child care at the Coalition of Child Care Advocates...
Mar 31, 2022
With daycare deals done, Liberals look to craft bill to enshrine child-care system
OTTAWA - The federal families minister says coming child-care legislation will enshrine a long-term role for Ottawa in the daycare system - and the new deal with the New Democrats gives them some time...
Mar 29, 2022
Universities in Canada plan in-person convocation ceremonies after lengthy hiatus
Daniella Okezie has been practising her strut. In a few weeks, the graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University will finally get a chance to walk across the stage at a convocation ceremony to mark the compl...
Mar 25, 2022
Student demonstration marks decade since Quebec's so-called 'Maple Spring' protests
MONTREAL - Several hundred students took to the streets of Montreal today, marking a decade since their peers did the same during the so-called "Maple Spring" of 2012. It was one of several demonstrat...
Mar 22, 2022
Province provides school divisions with $1.8 million in funding
The Government of Saskatchewan is providing school divisions in the province with $1.8 million in funding for the school year.The funds will be meant to alleviate any additional substitute teacher and...
Mar 21, 2022