Schools

• Quebec school insurers set new sledding hill standards

  New guidelines outline how school snowbanks should be built for sledding, including height, slope, supervision and when helmets may be required.

  Canada

  Dec 17
  
• Saskatchewan sexual assault centres fighting to get back into schools

  Sexual assault prevention education has been banned in schools and organizations are trying to get the program back, as it showed success in helping kids understand sexual abuse.

  Canada

  Nov 6
  
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• Quebec to set 150-metre limit between schools and supervised injection sites

  The minister tabled the legislation following some controversy over Montreal's first supervised drug-inhalation centre run by Maison Benoît Labre, a local non-profit.

  Canada

  May 6
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• Tensions high over private investigators, teacher sick leaves at some Ontario school boards

  Some school boards across Ontario are increasing measures to combat alleged sick leave abuse and address rising costs linked to staff absenteeism.

  Education

  Dec 21, 2024
• Amid surging enrollment, Surrey looks at taller schools

  Earlier this month the province announced a four-storey expansion to Fleetwood Park Secondary in Surrey, B.C., that will hold an additional 800 students while avoiding land costs.

  Education

  Aug 19, 2024
• Saskatchewan teachers to strike on provincial budget day

  A provincewide teacher strike will take place on Wednesday with extracurricular activities being pulled across the province Thursday and Friday.

  Education

  Mar 18, 2024
• Noon-hour supervision pulled from Sask. schools on Thursday

  As job action by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation continues, noon-hour supervision is being pulled from some schools in Saskatchewan on Thursday.

  Education

  Mar 11, 2024
• Sask. school lunch hour supervision to be disrupted as part of teacher job action

  Noon hour supervision in schools is being revoked by teachers in Saskatchewan for one day as part of recently announced job action.

  Education

  Feb 5, 2024
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• More job action set for Saskatchewan teachers after 1-day demonstration

  The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation announced further job action the day after a one-day strike.

  Education

  Jan 17, 2024
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• Idea to hire armed security at Montreal Jewish institutions triggers controversy

  The eight-page document on antisemitic hate calls on the Quebec government to allow highly trained armed guards be stationed at at Jewish schools, synagogues and community centres.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2024