Ontario expert panel urges end to post-secondary tuition freeze | Globalnews https://bit.ly/3uflTDk #OntarioUniversitites #TuitionFreeze #ontedu #Tuition #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
Ontario expert panel urges end to post-secondary tuition freeze

Colleges and Universities Minister Jill Dunlop says before agreeing to any tuition increases she needs to ensure colleges and universities are operating as efficiently as possible.

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York U, students' union, named in $15M lawsuit alleging decades of anti-Semitic campus incidents | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3rVMV1W #OntarioCourts #YorkFederationOfStudents #ontedu #YorkU #AntiSemitism #Lawsuit #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
York U, students' union, named in $15M lawsuit alleging decades of anti-Semitic campus incidents | CityNews Toronto

Diamond and Diamond says the York University lawsuit represents current students, recent alumni, and attendees from 1998-2021.

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How a First Nations school in Thunder Bay, Ont., combines traditional and land-based learning | CBC News https://bit.ly/3ZFuvif #ontedu #TBay #MatawaEducation #OntarioSchools #FirstNations #ThunderBay #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
How a First Nations school in Thunder Bay, Ont., combines traditional and land-based learning | CBC News

Ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, First Nations education was celebrated in a big way in Thunder Bay, Ont. at Matawa Education and Care Centre's grand opening ceremony Friday. Now that building renovations are complete, staff and students say they can fully call the building their home away from home.

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While on the surface it may appear reasonable, as some cons are saying, to let public school parents know what their child is being called at school, or what pronouns they are using, the reality is that some parents are abusive and unfathomably transphobic.

So if, by witholding that info, we can at least create a safe space for their kid at school, all that matters if the students are able to exist and learn in a space where they are accepted and appreciated as they are.

2SLGBTQ+ people experience a disproportionate risk of trauma and abuse, so we need to name, recognize, affirm and celebrate identities that have been historically suppressed, erased and marginalized, to ensure all people are included.

Children form key ideas about race, gender, and relationships by age 5, if not earlier, so early exposure to diversity in our communities goes a long way to making life easier for everyone.

I am sick of people saying this somehow sexualizes kids or grooms them for abuse. Nowhere in the curriculum do we ever teach about how to have sex; and shame on those who pretend otherwise for political points.

#Protecttranskids #onpoli #cdnpoli #2SLGBTQIA #etfo #osstf #cupe #ontedu #onedu

First Nation in northwestern Ontario celebrates new school and Oji-Cree immersion program | CBC News https://bit.ly/464ULob #JohnGeorgeMartinMemorialSchool #FirstNations #ontedu #Language #Cree #WunnuminLake #LandBasedLearning #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
First Nation in northwestern Ontario celebrates new school and Oji-Cree immersion program

Staff and students in Wunnumin Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario have another reason to celebrate: They have a new junior kindergarten (K4) to Grade 10 school, with big plans for language and land-based programming. It's among the exciting projects that have come to fruition in the community.

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Nearly 500 educational assistants fired from PDSB

OPSEU Local 2100, the union representing educational assistants within the Peel District School Board, has reported the termination of nearly 500 EAs days before the start of the new school year.

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Ottawa school bus routes cancelled for thousands of students due to driver shortage | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3sM68my #ottnews #OSTA #ontedu #SchoolBusDrivers #Ottawa #SchoolBus #StudentTransportation #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
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Ontario teachers could be the ones doing the learning as cursive makes mandatory return to curriculum | CBC News https://bit.ly/3NyG4SK #Cursive #Writing #ontedu #CursiveWriting #Teachers #OntarioSchools #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
Ontario teachers could be the ones doing the learning as cursive makes mandatory return to curriculum | CBC News

Though many in Ontario are welcoming the reintroduction of cursive to the province's curriculum as a valuable tool for students, some educators say translating that to the classroom could be easier said than done for a generation of teachers that may have missed out on learning the skill of writing by hand themselves.

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Ontario's plan to let students enter full-time apprenticeships after Grade 10 hurts learning, group warns | CBC News https://bit.ly/44rFdKx #ontedu #Students #Apprenticeships #OntarioSchools #Construction #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
Ontario's plan to let students enter full-time apprenticeships after Grade 10 hurts learning, group warns | CBC News

A non-profit organization focused on promoting public education is criticizing the Ontario government's plan to allow Grade 11 students to enter skilled trades apprenticeships full-time, saying it prioritizes filling labour shortages in the economy over learning.

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