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Bilingualism requirement for SCC justices creates ‘needless barrier’ for Indigenous candidates, critics say
As the first Indigenous justice appointed to a Canadian Court of Appeal in 2004, Harry LaForme seemed like an excellent candidate for the...
Ontario isn’t ruling out another delay to school spring break as COVID-19 cases rise
Premier Doug Ford is dangling the possibility that Ontario’s already-delayed March Break for schools could be postponed yet again as the province confronts its...
Ottawa blames retired senator, survivors for undermining trust in residential school compensation system
The federal government blames the comments of survivors and public officials, including retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,...
Battleford-area mayors, First Nations chiefs issue anti-racist plea following Colten Boushie report
First Nations chiefs and mayors in the Saskatchewan region where Colten Boushie was killed in 2016 say more needs to be done to combat...
MPs set to vote on motion to recognize Emancipation Day across Canada
It was called “the greatest freedom show on earth.” From the Depression era until 1967, annual Emancipation Day celebrations on Aug. 1 drew big...
COVID-era school design takes lessons from Indigenous educators
A Saskatoon-based architect is already applying lessons learnt from the pandemic to the schools he is designing, and said the First Nations clients...
Northwest Territories studying alternatives to Alberta school curriculum
The Northwest Territories is studying whether it should continue using Alberta’s curriculum in its schools, the territorial government says. The N.W.T has used...
COVID-19 has added to the educational barriers girls and women face around the world
This column is an opinion by Alexandra Chaves, a 19-year-old Plan Canada Youth Advocate who is passionate about gender equality and girls’ rights. She is also...
Multiple WE Charity donors raised money for same borehole well in Kenyan village
A fundraising drive in a tight-knit community about 150 kilometres northwest of Toronto. California philanthropists promoted by the Clinton Foundation. Hundreds of school-age...
Teachers in 3 provinces recruited for COVID-19 immunity research
The debate over the safety of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic is coming under researchers’ microscopes. Three new projects are aiming determine how...
Canada’s pipeline regulator says it’s taking a stand against systemic racism
Rueben George says he’s not at all surprised that, in an era of racial reckoning, Canada’s top pipeline regulator is signalling it wants to...
‘It’s not their fault’: Nunavut students who act violently let down by lack of counselling, educators say
This is Part 2 of a three-part series on violence in Nunavut’s schools. Teachers getting books thrown at their heads, punched in the...
Ontario is expanding asymptomatic COVID-19 testing in schools. Here’s what you need to know
Asymptomatic testing for COVID-19 in schools is ramping up across Ontario, following a directive from Education Minister Stephen Lecce earlier this month. In this...
How virtual field trips are bringing animals, art, music and more directly to students
Among her childhood artistic inspirations, spoken word artist and singer I.M.F. recalls visitors at her school assemblies. Seeing performers and spoken word artists...
In vow to protect campus free speech, Quebec premier joins global ‘war on woke’
Quebec Premier François Legault has steered his government toward yet another divisive ideological debate by declaring his intention to move swiftly to protect campus free speech...
Why the NHL’s Canadian division is controlling COVID-19 better than U.S. teams
About 160 kilometres separates Toronto from Buffalo, N.Y., but when it comes to the NHL and COVID-19, the two cities are even farther apart....
