Back To School Plan

• 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
  
• COVID-19: Ontario’s top doc suggests parts of Niagara’s back to school plan not in line with province

  Dr. Kieran Moore's letter to Dr. Mustafa Hirji this week expressd "concern" over Niagara's back to school approach.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2022
  
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• N.B. parent gives province’s back-to-school plan a passing grade

  New Brunswick's back-to-school plan doesn't come a moment too soon, one parent says.

  Education

  Aug 22, 2021
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• Alberta Teachers’ Association calls on province to implement 9 COVID-19 measures in schools

  Among its requested measures, the ATA is asking the government to continue with centralized testing and contact tracing, and if not, that ongoing rapid testing be done in schools. 

  Education

  Aug 12, 2021
• With less than a month until schools reopen, there’s still no back-to-school plan

  This year there's confusion on if things will be the same as last year, go back to how things were pre-COVID or stay somewhere in the middle.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2021
• COVID-19: B.C. planning for ‘near-normal’ return for K-to-12 students this fall

  On Thursday, the province announced it will drop the cohort system and restore many of the extracurricular activities cancelled in 2020-21 as COVID-19 cases continue to drop.

  Education

  Jun 16, 2021
• Questions raised about role of specialists in some regional centres for education during pandemic

  Some specialists have taken on new responsibilities in the first few weeks of school as students and staff adjust to new COVID-19 routines.

  Education

  Sep 18, 2020
• Halifax-area high school students optimistic about new school year during coronavirus pandemic

  About 130,000 students returned to school on Tuesday for the first time since classes were suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  Education

  Sep 8, 2020
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• Nova Scotia premier rejects teachers’ allegations that schools are unsafe

  Nova Scotia's premier is accusing the province's teachers' union of "creating a bunch of noise and rhetoric" by suggesting public schools are unsafe.

  Sep 3, 2020
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• Scott Thompson: Government in ‘no win’ situation with teacher unions

  Scott Thompson says teachers' unions are 'inflaming parents' with their legal challenge to the Ontario government's back-to-school plan.

  Commentary

  Sep 3, 2020