"It's a place to tackle racism, to undo the corrosiveness of prejudice," Education Minister Rob Fleming said of the B.C. school system.

The panel will be chaired by former Edmonton Public School Board Superintendent Angus McBeath, and include members from post secondary institutions and career development organizations.

On Thursday, Premier Rachel Notley spoke at the Northern Leaders Summit in Slave Lake and talked about a number of issues that are of vital interest to First Nations communities.

Hunter Sasakamoose is taking part in land-based learning which combines lessons from his ancestors on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in Saskatchewan.

A new Government of Saskatchewan-developed iPad app focused on strengthening student’s math skills was introduced to an elementary school in Swift Current.

A group of concerned parents and educators gathered to talk sexual education at a public forum on Monday evening.

A spokeswoman for the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association said Thursday that other boards across the problem have yet to receive material from the provincial government.

Earlier this week, the Tory government said teachers will use the 1998 version of the sexual-education curriculum in classrooms this fall.

The sex-ed curriculum in Ontario will no longer include topics such as same-sex marriage, online safety, consent and gender identity.

The province continued its work to re-design the kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum when they met with members of the agriculture an forestry sector.