Tag Archives: Education
Montreal's Concordia University reports big drop in enrolment following tuition hike
MONTREAL - One of Quebec's three English-language universities is reporting a nearly 30 per cent drop in enrolment of out-of-province students following a controversial tuition hike announced last yea...
Aug 28, 2024
Tourism Saskatchewan partners with online education to support students learning about industry
Tourism Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre (Sask DLC) have reached a new agreement to support Grade 10-12 students learning about the province's tourism industry through online...
Aug 28, 2024
Carlton Trail College receives funding for 30+ spots in Early Childhood Education training
Carlton Trail College (CTC) is seeing a recent significant benefit in regard to the Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.More than $35 million in funding is coming i...
Aug 27, 2024
More than 100 Cold War fallout shelters mapped in Saskatchewan by military historian
They are hidden pieces of history scattered throughout Saskatchewan.Fallout shelters, also known as Fallout Reporting Posts (FRPs) were built during the Cold War to thwart the effects of a nuclear att...
Aug 27, 2024
New power engineering programs in Saskatchewan
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre (Sask DLC) has partnered with SaskPower to offer online fourth and fifth-class Power Engineering courses to high ...
Aug 26, 2024
McGill law professors launch unlimited strike on first week of classes
MONTREAL - A union representing McGill University law professors said its members walked off the job Monday, the first week of classes for the fall semester, over what it described as the school's ant...
Aug 26, 2024
Tensions linger as students prep for return to campus after pro-Palestinian protests
TORONTO - As students prepare to head back to post-secondary campuses for the fall term, tensions sparked by the pro-Palestinian protest encampments that cropped up at several Ontario universities ove...
Aug 23, 2024
Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute
MONTREAL - A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits and dependent on food banks. Some nurses re...
Aug 23, 2024
Despite efforts to turn the tide, Quebec's education system struggling with shortages
MONTREAL - Lately, Karine Boudreau has toyed with the idea of quitting. For most of her 18-year career as a school psychologist, the thought of doing something else never crossed her mind. But in the ...
Aug 22, 2024
Moosomin First Nation celebrates opening of new K-12 school
It's been years in the making and now the ribbon has been cut on a new school for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students on Moosomin First Nation, about 30 kilometres north of North Battleford.Chief Cheryl...
Aug 20, 2024