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To humanize Muslims, let’s start in the classroom
Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Most Canadian students seemingly go through the education system without ever hearing about the plurality of the world’s histories, cultures, faiths and traditions, including Islam and Muslims… With such omissions, are school curriculums not unwittingly contributing to the dehumanization of Muslims and negating Islam’s place in world history?
Tags: globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, youth
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Ontario teachers’ union says increased class sizes could result in thousands of lost jobs, vows to fight the changes
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Ms. Thompson has said that the increases in high-school class sizes would bring them in line with class sizes in other jurisdictions… She has also said earlier this week that increases in high-school class sizes will help students become more resilient, and better prepare them for university and work… Those comments were criticized by educators, who say she provided no evidence to back up her claim.
Tags: budget, ideology, standard of living, youth
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Why is Doug Ford so mean to children?
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
According to Thompson, larger class sizes will build “confidence and resiliency” in children who must learn to cope in “the world of work.” This despite solid research showing that kids build resiliency through positive and stable relationships. As a result, Twitter erupted with mocking posts using the hashtag #moreresilient. She’s only repeating the lessons being taught in caucus.
Tags: budget, ideology, rights, standard of living, tax, youth
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We should ban cellphones from classrooms. The research backs that up
Thursday, March 21st, 2019
Our most effective teachers, though, have adopted coping strategies and already utilize some form of check-in and check-out system for devices. The Ontario government’s initiative is more about helping to re-establish purposeful, productive classrooms for the majority of teachers as well as those students struggling in our schools… Classrooms will simply be better places for learning without the constant and distracting presence of the devices.
Tags: rights, youth
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Ford government to boost school funding to deal with influx of students with autism
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019
… school boards had been writing to Thompson, as well as Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod, with their concerns about how the controversial autism overhaul could create an unsustainable burden on schools as of April 1, when the new program takes effect. A large protest last week drew hundreds of families to Queen’s Park… “This funding will allow school boards to make sure there are proper supports available during the transition from therapy to school.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, youth
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In a shift on Canadian campuses driven by Trump policies, Indian students now outnumber Chinese
Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
Last year 172,000 students with Indian citizenship held a study permit for Canada, vaulting past the 142,000 from China… drawn partly by the low value of the loonie relative to the U.S. dollar. But more importantly they come for the simpler path to work permits and immigration credentials… It’s a lucrative popularity for Canadian universities. At the University of Toronto, for instance, domestic arts and science students paid $6,780 in tuition fees for the current school year, while international students paid $49,800 – a seven-fold difference.
Tags: budget, economy, immigration, multiculturalism
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Student fees bankroll ‘crazy Marxist’ councils, says Premier Doug Ford
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Only programs that support transit, health and wellness — like athletics, walk-safe programs or counselling — and career services will be mandatory… “He seems to think his opt-out plan will help students and defund radical organizations. What he will actually defund are diversity clubs, student newspapers, (LGBT) centres, food banks, walk-home programs, Indigenous centres, and other important programming,” said Hunter.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, youth
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Experts call Ontario’s full-day kindergarten ‘visionary.’ The Ford government is eyeing changes
Sunday, February 10th, 2019
Ontario’s full-day kindergarten program is in a class by itself. With a full-time teacher and full-time early childhood educator working together, it provides a unique staffing model and two-year curriculum for the province’s 4- and 5-year-olds… a hasty change that will likely inhibit the social and economic progress being made, is irresponsible.”
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, participation, standard of living
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40% of Ontario full-time post-secondary students granted free tuition, CBC analysis shows
Monday, February 4th, 2019
“How many of them were able to quit a part-time job and focus solely on their studies because of this grant? How many of them didn’t need to access mental health resources this year because they weren’t worried about making ends meet?” … although 24 per cent more university students and 27 per cent more college students were issued financial aid in the 2017-18 academic year, the total number of students accessing higher education for the first time stayed virtually the same.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, pharmaceutical, poverty, tax
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Ford shouldn’t mess with success of full-day kindergarten program
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
All the available evidence suggests the benefits of full-day kindergarten for kids, parents, employers and even the economy far outweigh any cost savings the government will be able to find by cutting this program… every dollar invested in the program will generate $2.42 for the province in reduced social costs and improved health outcomes. In other words, full-day kindergarten more than pays for itself.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology
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