Education

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Apr 28, 2020

International students should not be excluded from the Canada Emergency Student Benefit

Heather Stewart

Many international students are financially vulnerable. The federal government should be willing to support international graduate students who were encouraged to come to Canada to study.

Blog

Apr 12, 2020

Resources for learning from home during COVID-19

Doreen Nicoll

If online learning is not working for your child, here are some ways to get them hooked into self-directed home learning.

Blog

Apr 9, 2020

Bell Canada is profiteering off rural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vivian Lee

A school principal in northwestern Ontario says he is racking up an enormous phone bill as his rural community adjusts to e-learning.

Blog

Apr 8, 2020

Alberta's public education system needs support, not cuts, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kit Dobson

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights that public education is a common good, something that should be invested in for creating a better world for tomorrow.

Blog

Mar 29, 2020

UCP yanks Alberta school funding in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic

David J. Climenhaga

On Saturday afternoon, Alberta school trustees learned funding was about to pulled by the provincial government, costing up to 20,000 jobs.

Blog

Mar 20, 2020

COVID-19: Is the university up to the task?

Sunera Thobani

The COVID-19 crisis reveals how unreliable and unprepared key institutions remain in the face of potentially unmitigated -- but foreseeable -- disaster.

Podcast

Mar 12, 2020

Ryerson Students' Union wins a round in court against university

rabble radio

Ryerson University has been withholding students fees from Ryerson's student union because of allegations of mismanagement two years ago. A court injunction late last week has now released those fees.

Activist Toolkit

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and the Homeless Hub

rabblepedia

Conducting research and collecting tools to help address homelessness.

Blog

Feb 17, 2020

Are teachers overpaid? A defense of teacher salaries

Greg Dwulit

Free market advocates claim teachers are overpaid and enjoy too much vacation time. But many people don't know that Canada has one of the strongest education systems in the world.

Podcast

Feb 4, 2020

Sex education -- not just about putting condoms on bananas

Talking Radical Radio

Frédérique Chabot and Natalya Mason talk about sex ed as a holistic approach links sexual health to social justice.

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