BC Education Ministry

• High school sports teams remain locked down as B.C. youth club tournaments resume

  An online petition urges the Education Department to allow school teams to compete in local, regional and provincial tournaments, now that youth club competition has resumed.

  Education

  Feb 1, 2022
  
• Richmond mother launches petition to extend school lunch periods

  Judie Schneider says that by the time her son comes in from playtime, washes his hands and grabs his lunch,R he has about 17 minutes to eat.

  Education

  Feb 24, 2019
  
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• ‘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
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• Hide FSA results so that outside groups don’t rank schools: B.C. school trustees

  "Any public circulation of school results inevitably leads to the public ranking of schools by outside groups."

  Oct 11, 2017
• Largest data breach in B.C. could have been ‘completely preventable’: watchdog report

  The Ministry of Education failed when it came to protecting the personal information of millions of B.C. and Yukon students, according to an investigation report released today by the B.C. Privacy Commissioner.

  Investigations

  Jan 28, 2016
• B.C.’s privacy and children’s watchdogs urge province to add cyberbullying to curriculum

  Privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham and children's representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond submitted a joint report to the B.C. legislature on Friday, calling for a co-ordinated, cross-ministry strategy to prevent online harassment.

  Education

  Nov 13, 2015