Ontario Schools

• New plan to limit cellphone use, ban vaping in all Ontario schools

  The Ford government announced it is introducing limits on cellphone use in schools and banning vaping devices in a move to help improve learning in the classroom.

  Education

  Apr 28
  
• Student nutrition programs in Ontario grapple with nearly ‘limitless need’

  Half of a hard-boiled egg or an apple cut six ways — student nutrition programs across Ontario are finding ways to stretch increasingly insufficient dollars.

  Education

  Mar 11
  
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• Ontario introduces strategy to halve timelines for building schools

  Ontario's education minister says he is introducing a new process for building schools that will cut timelines in half.

  Education

  Dec 11, 2023
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• Ontario to implement new comprehensive epilepsy policy in schools

  "When you see someone having a seizure, it's extremely scary and frightening, so our goal is to empower teachers and empower staff to know how to respond," she added.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2023
• Suspect arrested in Morocco after school bomb-threat scares in Ontario, Belgium

  Ontario Provincial Police say an individual believed to be responsible for bomb threats towards Ontario schools earlier this month has been arrested in Morocco.

  Crime

  Nov 30, 2023
• Ontario government expands Holocaust education in schools

  Ontario is expanding mandatory Holocaust education in Grade 10, including to add learning about contemporary impacts of rising antisemitism.

  Education

  Nov 1, 2023
• 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
• Ontario schools in wealthier, urban areas see more access to extracurriculars: report

  The report says that while extracurricular activities have largely recovered from being paused during the pandemic, access is lagging behind for those in rural or low-income areas.

  Education

  Sep 5, 2023
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• Teachers’ unions urged to take arbitration route to avoid strike: Ontario education minister

  Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is urging three teachers' unions to agree to a deal that avoids a strike.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2023
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• Ontario high school teachers’ union to hold vote on proposal that would avoid strike

  According to the union, if it is accepted, the proposal means there will be no strikes or lockouts during this round of bargaining between OSSTF/FEESO.

  Education

  Aug 25, 2023