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It’s time to abolish the Catholic school system in Ontario
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
The demographic and political imperatives that required a separate system no longer exist. The system continues to exist because of a powerful lobby, entrenched interests, and inertia… it would take only Ontario and the federal government to do so. The legal path to ending public denominational funding is much easier than you think. There would be court challenges and protests, but the separate-system backers would lose.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, multiculturalism
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Ford government’s education playbook: manifest a crisis, ignore research, abandon educators
Sunday, May 28th, 2023
With significant efforts on behalf of the government to manifest a crisis, ignore research, and leave educators to fend for themselves, there seems to be an insidious plan to dismantle publicly funded education… Ontario deserves a government that believes in public education and values its educators, students, families, and communities.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, youth
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Education isn’t about job training — no matter what Doug Ford wants you to believe
Thursday, April 20th, 2023
… they’ve decided to reshape the province’s education plan, gearing it toward ideas that are more reminiscent of plans for an early 20th-century Fordist or Taylorist factory than a contemporary society… Ontario has one of the best systems in the world, outperforming all other G7 countries on reading and beating all G7 countries except Japan in math and science… If the government wishes to improve education, it can spend more on teachers and reduce class sizes.
Tags: economy, ideology, standard of living
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‘Don’t just publish another paper. Let’s do something,’ says scholar-advocate Cindy Blackstock
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023
… [Dr. Blackstock] wants to see more emphasis at Canadian universities on teaching students about advocacy: how to do it and how to continue doing it throughout their careers. “So often we get students in social work and law who say they are doing advocacy, but we don’t train them, and we don’t teach them about the courage it takes to do it,”
Tags: Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living, women, youth
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Over 800,000 international students in Canada in 2022
Friday, February 17th, 2023
There were a total of 807,750 study permit holders in Canada in December, over 190,000 more than in 2021. The new figures surpass by some way Canada’s target of 450,000 foreign students by 2022 set out in the country’s 2014 international education strategy… Over half (411,985) of all international students in Canada held permits linked to Ontario institutions.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, jurisdiction, multiculturalism
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Payouts to parents are a sorry replacement for investing in Ontario’s schools
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
The Ontario Ministry of Education has chosen to spend $365 million in one-time, nontargeted $200 payouts to parents across the province. This money will not address any of the challenges in Ontario’s schools and could be better used for targeted, in-classroom supports proven to be effective.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, participation, youth
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Doug Ford Quietly Reduced Education Spending By Nearly a Billion Dollars Last Year
Thursday, August 4th, 2022
For the past decade, real per-student funding has been cut in virtually every year,” Walton told PressProgress… In the first three months of 2022 alone, the Ford government cut $373 million dollars from education,” Walton said. “This cut is the equivalent of 6,594 education workers that should be in Ontario classrooms – or one full-time and one part-time staff person per school.”
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living, youth
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I’m a university student, and I support the return of Grade 13. Here’s why
Saturday, May 21st, 2022
A great portion of Grade 12 students feel completely lost, with no clue of what they want in a career, let alone university major… University is neither cheap nor easy — why rush into it if you’re not emotionally or financially ready? …extra time in high school to reflect on what you want would make a huge difference… What I’d like to know is what makes this new Grade 13 distinct from essentially repeating Grade 12 with a “victory lap.”
Tags: featured, mental Health, participation, youth
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Children across Canada deserve a professional early childhood education workforce
Saturday, April 30th, 2022
Children depend on educators who are skilled and knowledgeable… Decent work for Canada’s child-care workforce should be more than just a slogan; it must be the foundation of Canada’s early learning and child-care plan to ensure that children receive the high-quality care they deserve.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Ontario university faculty and academic librarians give a failing grade to Ford’s election budget
Friday, April 29th, 2022
… the government admits it is likely to spend $685 million less on postsecondary education in 2021-22 than planned, as the Ford government ignores the needs of the sector and takes a free ride on the back of increased federal transfers. The money the Ford government is “saving” should not be going back into government coffers to be used for the many regressive tax credits included in this budget…
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living
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