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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

Ontario to boost early childhood educator wages in bid to ease staff shortage

Ontario is set to increase the wages of early childhood educators in a bid to boost recruitment and retention amid a staff shortage.

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