Tag Archives: Education
Federal budget for child care good start, but more needed: advocates
OTTAWA - Feminist advocates say the federal budget doesn't fully account for the challenges in scaling up child-care systems across the country. Morna Ballantyne, executive director of advocacy group ...
Apr 08, 2022
Potential merger with Cumberland and Parkland Colleges should be paused: SGEU
A provincial union is asking for a potential merger of two colleges to be put on hold.In a release issued Thursday, the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) is asking the Cumberl...
Apr 08, 2022
New Director of Education appointed to North East School Division
The North East School Division (NESD) recently named its new Director of Education.Stacy Lair has been appointed to the role following the retirement of the current director, Don Rempel.Lair has serve...
Apr 07, 2022
St. Brieux school returning to in-person learning for all grades after staff members contract COVID
Students in Grades 7 to 12 at St. Brieux school will be going back to in-person learning.Classes have been virtual for the past two days, April 5th and April 6th, as more than 10 staff members were in...
Apr 06, 2022
Students tackle social media control in model UN
Sharing and manipulating information on social media in the digital age is a hot topic and in Prince Albert, the model UN had it as their main agenda item. Students from W.P. Sandin school in Shellbro...
Apr 06, 2022
Quebec tables bill on academic freedom, says no words off-limits in lecture halls
QUEBEC - A new bill tabled Wednesday in Quebec would allow "any word" to be uttered in university classrooms as long as it's used in an academic context, the province's higher education minister said....
Apr 06, 2022
Strong results for initial North West psychiatric nurses class
The first cohort of graduating psychiatric nursing students, which completed their program in December, achieved a 91 per cent pass rate on their national licensing exam in March.According to North We...
Apr 05, 2022
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