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By Payton Zillich Global News Posted April 29, 2025 11:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size On Tuesday, April 29th, the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre held a hands-on one-day camp at the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Insitute. The camp focused on mechanical and automotive skills, a field of study that Saskatchewan…
By Annabel Bessem Global News Posted April 24, 2025 5:51 pm Updated April 24, 2025 5:52 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Surrey School District is calling on the B.C. government to increase provincial funding after reports of multiple schools running short of paper. This follows the recent…
A $145,000 Italy trip by a group of Ontario school trustees is “symbolic of deeper structural problems” within the school board. That statement was made in the findings of a third-party review into the July 2024 trip by trustees of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (BHNCDSB), and released Wednesday as part of a…
The University of Toronto is launching a new climate institute with the help of a $60-million gift. The interdisciplinary Lawson Climate Institute is expected to focus on sustainable technologies, climate policy and efforts to turn the campuses into “living labs” with real-world experiments on new climate solutions. The multi-year gift from Brian and Joannah Lawson will also…
By Kat Ludwig Global News Posted April 17, 2025 11:36 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ignite Adult Learning Corporation in Regina says it’s preparing to close its doors due to a lack of provincial funding. Ignite offers people another chance at getting their Grade 12 education and helps…
A coalition of labour groups is the latest to call on the Ford government to spend more on Ontario’s public colleges as part of a tariff response strategy, saying the training they provide is key to reducing economic reliance on the United States. On Monday, union leaders took to Queen’s Park to make their pitch…
By Jordan Prentice Global News Posted April 11, 2025 6:52 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Coalbanks Channel 17 School News consists of a group of grade five students in Lethbridge, Alta. who share a passion for storytelling and keeping their classmates in the know. Coalbanks Elementary School…
The future of the new high school in Camrose, Alta., is still up in the air. The Blessed Carlo Acutis High School is set to open this fall, welcoming more than 400 students from grades 9 to 12. However, that is on pause. The province has yet to hand over possession of the school to…
Members of a Moncton high school band, who had been busy rehearsing and fundraising for a trip to New York City for months, found out nine days before leaving that the trip was cancelled. The school district says the decision was made due to the political climate in the United States, amid the ongoing trade…
A world-renowned Canadian doctor says her talk at New York University (NYU) was cancelled for being anti-government and antisemitic. Dr. Joanne Liu, an associate professor at McGill and the Université de Montréal, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Sainte-Justine hospital and who formerly served as the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders),…
“The challenges and stigma around mental health issues remain top of mind for many in the province but for youth the challenges can be even greater with the lack of available resources in schools. “The resources that school divisions have been able to provide haven’t necessarily entirely kept pace with that need,” said Shawn Davidson,…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Upper Grand District School Board will be presented with more boundary options for a new high school. Staff are expected to table these new options during a meeting on April 8. It will include seven previous boundary options, plus feedback from two public open houses and…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 26, 2025 2:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The University of Toronto has named neuroscientist Melanie Woodin as its 17th president. The U of T’s governing council says Woodin, who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the school, will succeed current President Meric…
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that critical programs handled by the U.S. Education Department for student loans and nutrition would be transferred to other departments as part of his effort to shutter the agency. Trump, who signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the Education Department, told reporters in the Oval Office…
Labour disputes involving school support workers in Alberta could soon be coming to an end, as the union for employees with the Foothills School Division became the last of nine striking union locals to reach a tentative settlement. The Canadian Union of Public Employees announced the deal Wednesday afternoon and said members of CUPE Local…
In the Saskatchewan provincial budget announced on Wednesday the education sector will be receiving am overall budget of $3.5 billion – an increase of $183.5 million or 5.5 per cent from last year’s budget. “We really feel that the government has responded to some of the things we’ve been advocating for,” said Shawn Davidson, Saskatchewan School Boards Association president. The…
Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the 14 new school projects the Alberta government outlined for the Edmonton region in the 2025 budget will be completed as fast as possible. “I know many of these projects were needed yesterday,” he said at a news conference on Wednesday held at St. Brendan Catholic Elementary/Junior High School in…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 16, 2025 6:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The union representing more than 4,000 school support workers says they have reached tentative deals that could end a two-month strike as early as Wednesday. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says…
Amid mounting frustration about delays in rebuilding a Port Coquitlam school razed by fire, the city’s mayor is threatening to withhold taxes from the province. Hazel Trembath Elementary was destroyed in a suspicious fire in October 2023. But nearly a year and a half later, despite provincial promises to rebuild, there was no mention of…
As Ontario colleges deal with the financial aftermath of the international student cap, several colleges have announced staff cuts due to significant deficits. Several colleges, including Georgian, Mohawk, and Fanshawe, have all recently announced staffing cuts, among others, to deal with the lack of international student enrolment. “Sweeping policy measures in 2024 introduced by Immigration,…
A controversial decision by a rural Manitoba school division to bring back the singing of “God Save the King” each morning has some community members scratching their heads. At a board meeting on Monday night, Mountain View School Division said the plan — which appears to be based on an obscure piece of provincial legislation…
By Justin Sibbet Global News Posted February 25, 2025 10:37 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Lethbridge librarians and booksellers are highlighting the importance of books, education and literature during Freedom to Read Week, which runs from Feb. 23 to March 1. “I think Freedom to Read Week is…
In a move that could affect up to 1,300 students, Calgary’s Bow Valley College announced it will no longer be offering its Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) programs, effective when the current term ends in April. In a statement sent to Global News, the acting president of Bow Valley College, Vaughn Ravenscroft, said…
A group of parents who are suing the Alberta government over kids with disabilities not being able to go to school amid the ongoing CUPE strike have achieved a win in court. An interlocutory injunction has been granted, to come into effect next Thursday, Feb. 27, to halt a ministerial order by Alberta’s education minister…
The one-room Shiloh Baptist Church, constructed from hand-hewn poplar logs nestled in a small grove near a cemetery with 37 white crosses, is a poignant reminder of Saskatchewan’s first Black settlement. There are still descendants of the Shiloh people, who moved 29 kilometres north of Maidstone, Sask., from Oklahoma in the early 1900s as part…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here is a list of the status of schools, if they are open or closed, in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday, February 13, 2025: Toronto District School Board: Schools are closed. Toronto Catholic District School Board: Schools are closed. York District School Board: Schools are closed….
The South Surrey White Rock Learning Centre is set to permanently close this summer, and the students feel they have been left out of the conversation. Spirit Broomfield currently attends the centre and says she was shocked to hear that the facility would be closing. “I think it is really insane to close these kind…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The University of Manitoba’s College of Nursing buzzed with energy on Monday as it hosted its first-ever Black History Month celebration. “It’s an important opportunity to reflect on the challenges that the black people have overcome,” said Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara. “And to really understand the…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Students at two Guelph elementary Catholic schools are helping community members in need through a collaborative knitting program. The program, created by two social justice clubs at Holy Trinity and St. John, involves students knitting clothing items, such as baby hats and scarves, for local organizations, including…
A group of Abbotsford, B.C., students have been given starring roles in a video project that is scheduled to last a dozen years. Eight students from École Clearbrook Elementary School were handpicked to take part in the ‘Journey to 2036’ series created by the Abbotsford School District. “Being six years old and asking to go on the camera…
