Tag Archives: Education

Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
CALGARY - A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert. Darla Zelenitsky, an associate professor...
Mar 25, 2025

Internal report finds major flaws in program to recruit foreign nurses to Quebec
MONTREAL - Foreign nurses recruited to Quebec through a provincial government program faced "major obstacles" upon their arrival, including a lack of housing, child care and transportation, according ...
Mar 25, 2025

NWC receives $11M in funding from province
With economic uncertainty hanging over Saskatchewan and the rest of Canada, North West College is taking the temperature and planning for its future. "Colleges in this type of environment play a very ...
Mar 24, 2025
$2M to improve literacy for K-3 students set aside in Sask. budget
Following through on a promise in the Speech from the Throne, the Government of Saskatchewan set aside $2 million in its spring budget to improve literacy levels for students in Kindergarten through G...
Mar 22, 2025

Concerns, challenges, and opportunities: Horizon Director of Education reflects on COVID
It seems like eons ago, but yesterday at the same time. Students and school staff province-wide were sent home five years ago this week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The time that followed was marked ...
Mar 20, 2025

SRPSD announces new sports academy partnership
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD) announced a new partnership for their sports academy on Thursday. In a release, the division welcomed Trach Power Skating & Skills and Trach ...
Mar 20, 2025

Quebec bill would expand religious symbol ban, force students to uncover faces
MONTREAL - In an effort to reinforce secularism in schools, the Quebec government is planning to expand the province's ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students. A bill tabled T...
Mar 20, 2025

Polytechnique Montréal receives $50 million gift to create disruptive innovation hub
MONTREAL - A Quebec-born businessman and philanthropist who is donating $50 million to a Montreal university to establish an institute dedicated to "disruptive innovation" says it has never been more ...
Mar 17, 2025

Art of medicine: Quebec doctors in training visit museum to better diagnose patients
MONTREAL - Classes on disease and anatomy are par for the course in traditional medical training, but a new program at a Quebec university is making visits to the art museum a mandatory part of the cu...
Mar 16, 2025

Timber Bay Children's Home survivor hopeful settlement will be reached soon
A recent settlement that was reached between le--la Crosse Residential School attendees and the federal government is giving survivors of the Timber Bay Children's Home hope for compensation for their...
Mar 12, 2025