Tag Archives: Education
Canadian medical associations 'relieved' as school accreditation splits from U.S.
OTTAWA - Canadian medical associations are marking the first school year of a new accreditation system for medical schools that is fully separate from the United States. A news release from the Canadi...
Sep 02, 2025
Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta's school library books ban with satirical story
EDMONTON - Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel "The Handmaid...
Aug 31, 2025
Nanaimo's Rutherford school population far surpasses expectations
NANAIMO - While creating new catchment boundaries feeding into Rutherford Elementary School was a contentious task, many more students than initially thought will attend the north end school. Closed s...
Aug 29, 2025
Quebec demanding budget cuts as junior colleges face record enrolment
MONTRAL - The federation representing Quebec's junior colleges is calling on the provincial government to walk back budget cuts as the school year opens with record enrolment. Nearly 194,000 students ...
Aug 28, 2025
'Moral imperative': Teachers say more climate change lessons needed in classrooms
As climate change becomes more evident in Canadians' daily lives, teachers across the country say the education system must better equip younger generations to deal with its fallout. Students will be ...
Aug 28, 2025
Montreal's LaSalle College classes resume, impasse endures with Quebec over $30M fine
MONTREAL - A Montreal college has resumed classes even as it faces a $30-million fine by the Quebec government for exceeding enrolment in English-language programs. LaSalle College had postponed the r...
Aug 26, 2025
Quebec committee says government should extend religious symbols ban to daycares
MONTREAL - The Quebec government should phase out public funding of religious private schools and extend the religious symbols ban to daycare workers, says a committee tasked with advising the provinc...
Aug 26, 2025
Quebec college facing $30M fine over English student enrolment postpones first day
MONTREAL - A Quebec college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in English-language programs, contravening the province's language law, is postponing the first day of classes sch...
Aug 23, 2025
When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic
Sometimes it happens without any more warning than the sound of cracking. A tree physiologist said that several years of repeated drought in British Columbia mixed with heat stress increased the likel...
Aug 23, 2025
'There's need everywhere:' campaign provides Nanaimo-Ladysmith students with school supplies
NANAIMO - As the summer season starts to wind down, parents are getting ready for back-to-school shopping. However, with the rising cost of living, basic school supplies and related fees getting more ...
Aug 21, 2025