Ontario Parents
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Rural Ontario parents say mobile autism support services difficult to accessLori Byveld says her 13-year-old son needs at least two behavioural therapy sessions per week through the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.HealthFeb 27, 2023
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Some parents are leaving Ontario because of frustrations with its autism programLee had received news that her nearly three-year-old daughter, who has severe autism, would not be able to receive funding from the province's autism program until at least 2027.HealthFeb 22, 2023
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Ontario parents worried about another disruption to learning as possible strike loomsSome parents in Ontario are concerned about further learning disruptions for students as a possible strike by education workers looms.EducationNov 18, 2022
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‘It’s really disappointing’: Ontario parents, teachers brace for virtual learningStudents, parents and teachers in Ontario are bracing for another stint of virtual education after the province announced Monday that schools would not reopen.EducationJan 4, 2022
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Ontarians waiting on back-to-school plan amid unprecedented COVID spreadClasses are set to resume in much of Ontario next week, but families still don't know if kids will be learning in school or at home as the government mulls whether to reopen.EducationDec 29, 2021
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Coronavirus: Parents brace for school, work disruptions ahead of uncertain school year"Someone's going to get a cold or a cough -- probably not COVID, but you're going to be keeping someone home, like, all the time," says Trousdale, whose kids are set to enter grades 1 and 4.EducationAug 28, 2020
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Some Ontario parents say they will donate daycare strike subsidy back to teachers, educationThe provincial government announced on Jan. 15 that it will give parents whose children are affected by the striking teachers between $25 and $60 per day as compensation.CanadaJan 20, 2020
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Ford government says wage cap in tentative deal with CUPE a winEducation workers and the province reached a tentative agreement Sunday night, hours before they were set to go on strike.CanadaOct 7, 2019
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Ontario school boards haven’t heard anything from province on sex-ed repealThe Ontario Public School Boards' Association said they have yet to receive any direction from the Tory government on the issue.EducationJul 19, 2018
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