Tag Archives: Education

'Colonialist mentality:' Indigenous groups challenge Quebec over new history museum
QUEBEC CITY - Several Indigenous groups are calling on the Quebec government to distance itself from the "colonialist mentality" as it designs a new $92-million history museum project in the provincia...
Sep 24, 2024

Caddies and paper bags: Schools figuring out new world of cellphone bans
From cellphone "hotels" to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones. But some say that despite recen...
Sep 24, 2024

Challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law gets its day in court
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.A judge ruled...
Sep 23, 2024

'Plywood Palace' no longer: JP II reopens with Moe and Cockrill
A historic North Battleford building that has served the community for 112 years and has seen thousands of the community's children walk through its halls for generations officially reopened Monday.Jo...
Sep 23, 2024

Court to hear appeal arguments over challenge to Saskatchewan's pronoun law
Saskatchewan's Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at schoo...
Sep 23, 2024

Court to hear appeal arguments over challenge to Saskatchewan's pronoun law
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns...
Sep 23, 2024

Sask. post-secondary institutions navigating effects of international student cap
While the full impact of a cap on international students in Canada remains to be seen, some of the post-secondary institutes in Saskatchewan expect it will be minimal here, considering how the provinc...
Sep 21, 2024

WATCH: The responsibility that comes with being a school crossing guard
Not all heroes wear capes or carry shields, because the students who work as crossing guards at Prince Albert's elementary schools are distinguished by their brightly-coloured vests and red stop signs...
Sep 20, 2024

NESD Board votes to discontinue Grades 7 to 12 in Star City
The North East School Division Board of Education has voted to discontinue Grades 7 through 12, starting in the fall of 2025. The division made the decision based on recommendations from both the Star...
Sep 20, 2024

NLSD issues call for nominations to serve on board
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has opened its call for nominations for board members. The public has until Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. to submit their nomination if interested in serving. In total, t...
Sep 20, 2024