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Jan 6, 2017  Anticipated court scrap between government and home schoolers ends with whimper, not bangDavid J. Climenhaga Funding to a home-schooling association has been restored, but an agreement with the government of Alberta puts the group under the supervision of an administrator. |
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Dec 20, 2016  Revolutionary program empowers girls with media literacy and activism skillsTania Ehret #HerDigitalVisions is an afterschool program that works with self-identified girls, building media literacy skills in order to better establish power in an online world. |
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Dec 9, 2016  Political fiasco, Nova Scotia style!Christopher Majka In a panic, Nova Scotia government summoned the legislature to impose a contract on teachers working to rule. Ten minutes later it adjourned. What? I talked to my source, a fly on the wall. |
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Dec 7, 2016  McNeil Government incompetence hurting Nova Scotia families and failing the provincial education systemCUPE NS is calling out the McNeil Government and Minister of Education Karen Casey for their mishandling of negotiations with members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union. |
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Dec 7, 2016  Grassroots learning and education beyond schoolTalking Radical Radio Jade Nasogaluak Carpenter and Liam O'Neill Gordon talk about the Calgary School of Informal Education. |
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Dec 6, 2016  New campus sex assault policies show Canadian universities still aren't listening to survivorsSophia Reuss Student activists and survivors of sexual violence have led the fight for policy development on Canadian campuses for decades. They've won important victories, but the fight continues. |
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Dec 1, 2016  Queen's history of white supremacy much longer than one racist partyAbigail Curlew National controversy flared up after the revelation of pictures from a party held near Queen's University campus where students dressed in racist costumes. But the problem is much deeper. |
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Nov 30, 2016  Queen's racist costumes not 'just a party' for students and graduates of colourKevin Hurren Attempts to shrug off the racist party at Queen's denies the real prejudice facing students and graduates of colour every day. |
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Nov 26, 2016  A public school teacher's perspective on a decade of cutsRedeye Rory Brown is President of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association, a local of the BCTF. He has taught in Vancouver since 1999 and witnessed firsthand the effects of years of cutbacks. |
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Nov 25, 2016  Over a decade of cuts has led to crisis in B.C. public schoolsRedeye Since 2002, the Liberal government has been cutting education funding in B.C. resulting in program cutbacks, overcrowded classrooms and now, for many children, the loss of their neighbourhood school. |
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Nov 24, 2016  Student activists fighting climate change are also resisting the corporatization of Canadian universitiesrabble staff A generation of climate change student activists find they must navigate an increasingly corporate governance structure that relies on managerial buzzwords, stonewalling and secrecy. |
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Nov 22, 2016 Student activists aren't just fighting climate change. They're fighting corporate university bureaucracy.Emma Jackson A generation of climate change student activists find they must navigate an increasingly corporate governance structure that relies on managerial buzzwords, stonewalling and secrecy. |
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Nov 18, 2016  Teaching kids to resist the racist reality we are in and build the futureMaya Bhullar LeRoi Newbold talks to Activist Toolkit about the first Toronto Freedom School. |
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Nov 14, 2016  York school board owes parents a real explanation for principal's Islamophobic Facebook postsShenaz Kermalli If a principal who posts seemingly xenophobic videos and comments on her Facebook page isn't guilty of professional misconduct, who is? |
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Nov 12, 2016  B.C. teachers' victory brings to mind 14 years of losses for kidsLizanne Foster Christy Clark said she was excited about the Supreme Court decision, but she was Minister of Education when the problems started. |
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Nov 11, 2016 Public education big winner in Supreme Court decisionThe Supreme Court has ruled that the B.C. government violated the constitutional right of teachers to negotiate class size and composition. |
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Nov 8, 2016  Patti Bacchus on the firing of the Vancouver School BoardRedeye Patti Bacchus had been a Vancouver School Trustee for eight years when B.C.’s Education Minister fired her and the rest of the Board on October 17. Patti Bacchus tells the story of what happened. |
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Nov 7, 2016  Thinking about my dad on the 100th anniversary of his birth and Canada’s need for public post-secondary educationDavid J. Climenhaga Throughout his teaching career the author’s father, John L. Climenhaga, advocated strongly for the value of publicly supported post-secondary education. |
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Nov 4, 2016  Post-secondary students are literally going hungry in Canadarabble staff A new report reveals that out of over 4,000 students surveyed from five universities across Canada, a surprising 39 per cent are food insecure. |
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Nov 4, 2016  Students across Canada call for free education on the National Day of ActionBrent Patterson The Canadian Federation of Students held a National Day of Action Wednesday to call for universal access to public, post-secondary education in Canada. |
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Nov 4, 2016  In the debate over home schooling and 'parents' rights,' we need to remember children have rights tooDavid J. Climenhaga Perhaps it is time in the interests of society to bring all home schooling in Canada directly under the supervision of a public school board. |
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Nov 3, 2016  Canadian post-secondary students literally going hungry for an educationAdam van der Zwan A new report reveals that out of over 4,000 students surveyed from five universities across Canada, a surprising 39 per cent are food insecure. |
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Oct 31, 2016  Clown costumes verboten today in Fort Mac schools … but costumed mimes can walk our streets!David J. Climenhaga Seriously, dear readers, if you're driving tonight, slow down, keep your eyes peeled and your hands off your mobile device. |
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Oct 25, 2016  Canadian foreign policy and the institutions studying it remain intimately tiedYves Engler What do we make of a Canadian foreign policy discussion dominated by individuals with ties to the decision-making structures they study? |
