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One PhD student at Queen’s University is trying to make visible the invisible impacts of endometriosis. Despite causing debilitating pain, and affecting one in ten Canadians, the condition is not considered a disability.

We check in with Owen Skeen of the Canadian Federation of Students to learn more about the week-long student strike underway in Nova Scotia.

Dozens of high school students across Peterborough walked out of class Wednesday – part of a provincewide protest over changes to Ontario’s Student Assistance Program (OSAP). Marc Woodhouse reports.

We know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but what if our kids went to school hungry? It’s a problem that affects kids across the country and ‘Make Happy Tummies’ is here to help. With over 3000 breakfast programs across Canada, we learn about the first hand experiences people have with...

The phrase “math is hard” is often used as a joke, but a new report says the declining math skills among Canadian children are nothing to joke about. Kylie Stanton reports.

According to a recent report more and more Canadian students are struggling in math and education experts say it’s a problem we need to solve. We speak with the report’s author and University of Winnipeg Mathematics Professor Anna Stokke about the findings.

High school students across Ontario walked out of class today to protest proposed changes to the province’s student financial aid program. As Megan King reports, they say the shift to OSAP could make post-secondary education much harder to afford.

Iqra Rahamatullah, a medical student at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, died of cancer at age 29 in February. Heather Yourex-West explains how Rahamatullah’s experience with the disease fuelled her to help others, and how the school is now taking the rare step of honouring her with a posthumous medical degree.

On this chilly first day of spring, some Edmonton students were warming hearts. They were giving away free pieces of art to the community with the simple goal of spreading joy and kindness. Nicole Stillger has more.

A group of students from Red Deer Polytechnic worked throughout the summer to create a virtual reality (VR) training game for Team Canada in the Paralympics.

Students from more than 20 high schools across Durham region rallied this afternoon to protest the ford government’s recent changes to OSAP. Many say they are worried cuts to grant funding will create barriers to post-secondary education. Germain ma reports.

he news of potential school closures was outlined in the new Liberal budget as a way to cut costs. As the move stirs questions and concerns, officials say community feedback is key. Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla reports.

Dozens of high school students from the Montreal area were on parliament hill. They’re calling on Ottawa to improve access to clean drinking water for Indigenous communities. Many first nations still lack proper infrastructure for safe water. As Tim Sargeant reports, the students hope their message will force the government to take action.

Trent University students in Peterborough rallied outside MPP David Smith’s constituency office on Wednesday, protesting recent changes to OSAP and tuition in Ontario.

Fears the Holt government would impose a ten per cent cut to post-secondary funding in this week’s budget didn’t materialize. But, as Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla reports, worries of future cuts driving up tuition still remain.

Students at an Edmonton school are turning imagination into reality, creating designs for what they hope a standalone Stollery Children’s Hospital could look like. What began as a classroom fundraiser evolved into a collaborative project with the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, giving students the chance to share kid centred ideas that may help influence the...

A student strike is underway involving five Nova Scotia universities. Students took to the picket-line to call for affordable tuition, divestment, and for the province to reverse cuts to post-secondary education. Angela Capobianco reports.

 A group of Queen’s University students was stranded in Doha, Qatar, after their flight to Toronto was forced to turn back when regional airspace closed. Student Claire Haffner described “an initial panic” on board when passengers were told of the closure. After hours of uncertainty at the airport, the group was sent to a nearby hotel...

Students across Nova Scotia took the streets as part of a provincewide school walk-out. High schoolers in the Halifax region say they’re worried cuts to provincial programs and services will impact their future. Mitchell Bailey reports.

Two people have died and more than 10 others have been hospitalized with meningitis after the deadly infection broke out in the southeastern English town of Canterbury. Eleven people in the area were hospitalized after contracting virus. Most patients are University of Kent students between 18 and 21 years old.