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Strike action likely at Memorial University of Newfoundland, says faculty union
29 AUGUST 2015--ST. JOHN'S, NL--MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: Student residences on the campus of Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on August 29, 2015. Photo by Paul Daly
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Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam, says Taliban ministry
FILE - Afghan women students stand outside the Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 21, 2022. The United Nations' human rights chief on Tuesday Dec. 27, 2022 decried increasing restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, urging the country's Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately. He pointed to “terrible consequences” of a decision to bar women from working for non-governmental organizations. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
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Quebec speaks out about New Brunswick’s ‘very worrying’ French immersion reforms
Jean-François Roberge responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Quebec's minister responsible for the Canadian Francophonie has called the New Brunswick government's plan to reform French immersion in the province's schools a very troubling sign. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Teaching kids about the Holocaust earlier can help combat antisemitism, educators say
Grade six teacher Cindy Kozierok shows students at Rockford Public School, images from events preceding the Holocaust, during the social studies class on Jan 23, 2023. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. Teacher Cindy Kozierok was teaching the class about the Holocaust. In Sept 2023, there will be a mandatory learning requirement on Holocaust education in the province's Grade 6 curriculum.
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Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old student in classroom to sue school district
Police respond to a shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Police say a 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at the school during an altercation inside a first-grade classroomwld. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Alberta First Nation school finds textbook way to keep traditional language alive
Stoney Nakoda elder Winnfred Beaver scans through a new textbook of the Stoney language aimed at preserving the Indigenous language at a ceremony in Kananaskis, Alta., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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As Artemis astronauts prepare for moon mission, Labrador crater a perfect training site, expert says
Discovery Hill near the Mistastin crater in Labrador is shown in a handout photo. When scientists determined in the mid-1970s that the Mistastin crater in Labrador had lunar-like properties, the last Apollo mission had flown and it was too late for astronauts to take advantage of the site for training.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Gordon Osinski **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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After COVID and Hurricane Ian, I have come to realize much of what I planned for my retirement ‘are an illusion for the foreseeable future’
Janet Salian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida (hard hit by Hurricane Ian) for the feature “Tales from the Golden Age” in Report on Business.
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Florida blocks high school African American studies class
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks after being sworn in to begin his second term during an inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on Jan. 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. DeSantis' administration has blocked a new Advanced Placement course on African-American studies from being taught in high schools, saying the class violates state law and that it is historically inaccurate. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Retired senator ‘stunned’ by reports about Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s heritage
Senator Lillian Dyck stands outside the Senate Foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Dyck, who's now retired, says she was "stunned" when she saw questions about the Indigenous heritage of former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose career she had celebrated as barrier-breaking. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Government officials estimate Ontario could be short 8,500 early childhood educators
Ontario could be short 8,500 registered early childhood educators as the province adds tens of thousands more child-care spaces under the national $10-a-day program, the government estimates. Children's backpacks and shoes are seen at a daycare franchise, in Langley, B.C., on May 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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More TDSB students applied to specialized schools after admissions process overhaul
FILE PHOTO: A teacher walks the divided hallways at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2020. Picture taken September 14, 2020. Nathan Denette/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Union calling on Ontario to hire support staff to address school violence
A union representing education workers in Ontario is calling on the government to hire more support staff to help students and address a recent rise in violence in and around schools. Laura Walton, the president of CUPE's Ontario School Board Council of Unions says trained and available mental health workers and teacher assistants should be available on site in every school to support to students who are struggling. Walton speaks to the media in Toronto on November 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Algoma University professor charged in alleged assaults of students
An Algoma University professor is facing multiple charges in the alleged assaults of five students. Police say the 56-year-old man was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of sexual assault with a weapon and five counts of assault. A Philadelphia police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
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What school PA day calendars look like across Canada
An empty classroom is shown at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School in Scarborough, Ont., on Monday, September 14, 2020. With online learning extended until late January across southern Ontario, and for even longer in Toronto, York, Peel, Durham and Windsor-Essex, parents are finding a litany of strategies to manage all their responsibilities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Alberta students show signs of improvement in reading abilities, research shows
Monday, December 12, 2011, - Calgary, AB - Three-year-old, Brayden Viau reads a book at Acadia Learning Centre in Calgary, Alberta on Monday, December 12, 2011. The daycare which is owned by Edleun Group Inc. will spend millions to acquire seven Montessori daycares in the province, four as-yet undisclosed centres in Toronto and three in Windsor. It?æ?s the company?æ?s first foray into a province whose daycare sector is under increasing pressure ?æ? governments in major centres such as Toronto are suspiciously eyeing subsidized spaces because of budget crises, and the introduction of all-day kindergarten has thrown the financial plans of many small operators into disarray. Photo by Chris Bolin for the Globe and Mail.
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Shooting involving Virginia teacher injured by six-year old in U.S. a ‘red flag for the country,’ mayor says
Police respond to a shooting at Richneck Elementary School, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 in Newport News, Va. A shooting at a Virginia elementary school sent a teacher to the hospital and ended with “an individual” in custody Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.(Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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U.N. envoy meets with Afghan higher education chief over ban on women
Markus Potzel (front), Germany' Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, attends the Intra Afghan Dialogue talks in the Qatari capital Doha on July 7, 2019. - Dozens of powerful Afghans met with a Taliban delegation on July 7, amid separate talks between the US and the insurgents seeking to end 18 years of war. The separate intra-Afghan talks are attended by around 60 delegates, including political figures, women and other Afghan stakeholders. The Taliban, who have steadfastly refused to negotiate with the government of President Ashraf Ghani, have stressed that those attending are only doing so in a "personal capacity". (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images
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Six-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom
Students and police gather outside of Richneck Elementary School after a shooting, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 in Newport News, Va. A shooting at a Virginia elementary school sent a teacher to the hospital and ended with “an individual” in custody Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.(Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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A year after Canada banned conversion therapy, Ottawa says no criminal charges laid
Gemma Hickey poses for a photograph in Toronto on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. When they were a teenager, they underwent conversion therapy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Suspect in Idaho killings plans to waive extradition hearing
This photo provided by Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Facility shows Bryan Kohberger. Arrest paperwork filed by Pennsylvania State Police in Monroe County Court, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, said Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition in a criminal homicide investigation in the killings of four University of Idaho students, based on an active arrest warrant for first degree murder issued by the Moscow Police Department and Latah County Prosecutor’s Office. (Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Facility via AP)
opinion
Banning education for Afghan women runs counter to Islamic teachings
Sheema Khan
economy
How Canada’s foreign-student boom is creating a host of problems
Deepali Verma, a student from India says that International students are upset over the treatment that current and upcoming foreign-enrolled students are receiving at Cape Breton University. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on Sunday, Dec 18. The Globe and Mail / Carolina Andrade
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Taliban use water cannon on women protesting university ban
A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. The country's Taliban rulers earlier this week ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities effective immediately and until further notice. They have banned girls from middle school and high school, barred women from most fields of employment and ordered them to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows
Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
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Afghan women blocked from accessing schools as Taliban fighters enforce university ban
Afghan women students stand outside the Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Taliban security forces in Afghanistan's capital city are upholding a higher education ban for women by blocking access to university campuses. The country's Taliban rulers have ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities effective immediately and until further notice. The Taliban-led administration has not given a reason for the ban or reacted to the fierce and swift global condemnation of it. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Ontario launching grant program for child-care centres to create spaces
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce speaks to journalists at the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto on Monday December 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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B.C. universities to receive $4.3-million for innovation research funding, Jobs Minister says
People pass by large letters spelling out UBC at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on Nov. 22, 2015. Four British Columbia universities will receive $4.3 million from a government research and innovation program to help fund projects in the fields of health, technology and natural resources. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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How ChatGPT, other AI tools could change the way students learn
A class that might have 20-30 students in previous years, will be capped at 15 students, with desks spaced 2 metres apart from each other. All classroom will have bottles of hand sanitizer available. Classrooms and COVID-19 signage at Ancaster High School, are photographed on Sept1 2020. Officials with the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board held a press conference to talk about safety measures the board is taking to ensure a safe environment for students and staff as the school year resumes next week.
opinion
Do police officers in schools cause more harm than good?
Robyn Urback
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Ontario updating curriculum for computer, technological education
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce speaks during an announcement at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
opinion
For the sake of our kids, we can’t let absenteeism become normalized
Maria Rogers
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Ontario government reaches tentative deal with Ontario Council of Educational Workers
FILE PHOTO: A teacher walks the divided hallways at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2020.Nathan Denette/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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PwC invests $140 million in China tourist hub for learning centre
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Price Waterhouse Coopers is seen at its Berlin office in Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay