BC Education Minister

• B.C. sets up $60 million back-to-school affordability fund for families

  Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says the fund aims to take the sting out of costs associated with the return to school next month.

  Education

  Aug 29, 2022
  
• Teachers return to school in B.C. uncertain over stalled contract talks

  Talks have been put on pause until late September after the mediator ruled both sides were too far apart to reach a deal ahead of classes resuming Tuesday.

  Education

  Sep 1, 2019
  
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• B.C. teacher contract talks on hold until after school year starts

  The two sides are being advised to meet again with the mediator on Sept. 23 "to determine if a path forward can be identified."

  Education

  Aug 30, 2019
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• B.C. education minister expects ‘normal’ start to school year amidst teacher contract dispute

  Education Minister Rob Fleming pointed out it is an NDP government at the negotiating table this time around, not a B.C. Liberal one.

  Education

  Aug 28, 2019
• ‘It’s getting worse’: B.C. Education Minister on Chilliwack school trustee’s LGBTQ comments

  Months after a Chilliwack School Trustee began publicly maligning the province's gender identity and sexual orientation curriculum, B.C.'s Education Minister says he's had enough.

  Dec 20, 2017
• B.C. education minister says drug education already part of school curriculum

  The ministry of education said concepts related to substance use are found in every grade of the physical and health education curriculum.

  Oct 31, 2017
• Education Ministry creates task force to help keep B.C. classrooms fully staffed

  B.C.'s education minister said the task force will deal with pressing issues as they come up, but will have a list of final recommendations by the end of the year.

  Oct 24, 2017
• B.C. education gets $150M, 1,500 new teachers

  British Columbia's education system will receive a $150-million funding boost after the province reached a deal with teachers to restore contract language that called for smaller class sizes.

  Education

  Mar 24, 2017
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• Vancouver parents criticize school board dismissal, petition minister

  Vancouver parents concerned about the province's decision to fire Vancouver's school board trustees marched to Canada Place Tuesday to deliver boxes of petitions with more than 18,000 signatures to B.C.'s Minister of Education.

  Education

  Oct 18, 2016
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• No schools to close in Vancouver following school board dismissal, says Minister

  British Columbia's education minister says no schools in Vancouver are expected to be closed following the dismissal of the district's entire school board.

  Education

  Oct 18, 2016