Category: Education

Provincial funding for multi-purpose building

Jun 2, 2023 | Education, Politics, PROVINCES, QUEBEC

Quebec’s Indigenous affairs minister Ian Lafrenière was in Kahnawake this week to announce...

School board to vote on Christian lessons under little-known law

Jun 1, 2023 | Education, MANITOBA, PROVINCES

Silver Heights families are the latest to request the community’s public school allow their children to participate in Christian lessons during the day — a longstanding, but little-known possibility under provincial legislation....

Bow Valley students learn cultural, ecological significance of bison

Jun 1, 2023 | Alberta, Education, PROVINCES

Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation elders spoke to Exshaw School and Lawrence Grassi Middle...

Sask Polytech receives $400,000 for wild rice development projects

Jun 1, 2023 | Education, PROVINCES, SASKATCHEWAN

Saskatchewan Polytechnic has received $400,000 in funding from PrairiesCan’s – Community Economic Development and Diversification (CEDD) program for innovation and development in Saskatchewan’s wild rice industry....

Despite ban on municipal property, Pride flags fly at Norwich school, businesses, homes

May 30, 2023 | Education, ONTARIO, PROVINCES

Dennis Wright, Thames Valley District school board superintendent of safe schools and wellbeing,...

Sask. Rivers board to open Land Acknowledgement to all trustees

May 28, 2023 | Education, PROVINCES, SASKATCHEWAN

The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division board of education has adopted the practice of having a Land Acknowledgement before each board meeting by the chair. Typically, this has stuck to a predetermined script, but as the Board...

Catholic division eyes naloxone training for high school students

May 28, 2023 | Alberta, Education, HEALTH, PROVINCES

Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education superintendent Dwayne Zarichny has proposed bringing in the Medicine Hat Drug Coalition, through the Red Cross, to Monsignor McCoy High School for nasal naloxone training. The students...

Project for outdoor classroom moves ahead at Hume School

May 27, 2023 | BRITISH COLUMBIA, Education, PROVINCES

Hume Elementary School will be taking it to the outside to deliver its academic messages. The elementary school received the City stamp of approval on the idea for a pavilion (outdoor classroom) close in the back of school...