Tag Archives: Education
Pro-Palestine encampment remains at University of Toronto despite safety concerns
TORONTO - Protesters donned rain ponchos and huddled in tents at a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto on Friday as they faced wet and windy conditions during the second day of a d...
May 03, 2024
Compassion and kindness focus of Battlefords' Mental Health Week
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Battlefords Branch is getting ready to host a number of exciting events to celebrate Mental Health Week in the Battlefords.Running May 6 to 12, the event ...
May 02, 2024
Quebec premier says pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill 'has to be dismantled'
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault on Thursday called for the end to the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the lower field of McGill University's downtown campus in Montreal, saying he expe...
May 02, 2024
Students set up pro-Palestinian encampment protest at University of Toronto
TORONTO - Tents, banners and flags cropped up at the centre of the University of Toronto's downtown campus Thursday as students set up an encampment to call on the institution to cut its ties with Isr...
May 02, 2024
Campus protests: Israeli academics say their universities are 'best chance' for peace
MONTREAL - One of the demands of pro-Palestinian activists who have set up protest encampments on university campuses in Canada and the United States is a severing of ties with Israeli universities. T...
May 02, 2024
Royal Purple Elks mark Speech and Hearing Month with donation to Princess Margaret School
The Prince Albert Royal Purple Elks #50 marked the beginning of National Speech and Hearing Month on Wednesday by giving back to a local elementary school. During a flag raising ceremony at the Prince...
May 01, 2024
Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools enters into effect
Quebec's new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect today. The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools a...
May 01, 2024
Court rejects students' request for injunction against McGill encampment
MONTREAL - Pro-Palestinian activists who have pitched their tents on the McGill University campus scored a legal victory on Wednesday when a Quebec judge rejected a request for an injunction to stop t...
May 01, 2024
Carpenter High to offer the Mental Health Capacity Building program in fall
Carpenter High School has been selected to offer Mental Health Capacity Building (MHCB) in Schools program. "It's really an evidence-based approach to improving mental health and wellbeing of the stud...
Apr 30, 2024
McGill requests 'police assistance' to remove pro-Palestinian encampment on campus
MONTREAL - On the fourth day of a pro-Palestinian encampment on the lower field of McGill University, the school said it called police to dismantle the site and two students went to court to suspend p...
Apr 30, 2024