Ministry Of Education

• New London-Middlesex schools get provincial green light, combined $45M in funding

  London-Middlesex’s two major school boards have both been given the funding to build two new schools which will create nearly 955 new student spaces and 176 new childcare spaces.

  Canada

  Mar 27
  
• Federation rejects request from Ontario to let retired teachers work more

  Ontario's teachers have rejected a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying their needs to be a real solution to staff shortages.

  Education

  Mar 19
  
• Advertisement
• Addressing violence in the classroom: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation calls for more support

  The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is sharing several stories of teachers facing violence in the classroom and calling for more supports.

  Education

  Feb 21
• Advertisement
• Teachers strike across Saskatchewan in one-day demonstration

  Teachers are on strike across Saskatchewan after contract talks reached a stalemate.

  Education

  Jan 16
• Saskatchewan teachers plan one-day strike

  Teachers in Saskatchewan are going on a one-day strike next Tuesday.

  Education

  Jan 11
• Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools calls for 36 portable classrooms amid student surge

  GSCS is calling on the provincial government to supply the school division with 36 relocatable classrooms.

  Education

  Nov 7, 2023
• ‘Slipping through the cracks’: Teacher shortage mars first weeks in some B.C. schools

  Ken Christensen, president of the Coquitlam Teachers' Association, said the Coquitlam School District had about 650 more new students than projected this year.

  Education

  Sep 25, 2023
• Saskatchewan human rights report highlights need for reading disability supports

  A report from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission pointed to several issues in the education system for children facing reading disabilities.

  Education

  Sep 21, 2023
• Advertisement
• Saskatchewan Children’s Advocate says new names and pronouns school policy violates human rights

  Saskatchewan's children's advocacy group has said that the new laws surrounding the use of preferred pronouns and first names in schools violate provincial human rights laws.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2023
• Advertisement
• Peel school board faces calls for transparency on library ‘weeding’ process

  The board has said that older books, are allowed in schools if they are ``accurate, relevant to the student population, inclusive, not harmful, and support the current curriculum."

  Education

  Sep 14, 2023