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Put education focus on ABC not PhD
TheStar.com – Opinion – Put education focus on ABC not PhD
February 09, 2009. Carol Goar
Before Premier Dalton McGuinty pours billions of dollars into post-secondary education in his quest to transform Ontario into a “creativity-driven” powerhouse, there is a low-cost possibility he might want to consider.
Studies have repeatedly shown that the single most effective thing a government can do to strengthen the economy is invest in basic literacy.
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What Martin-Florida blueprint gets right and wrong
TheStar.com – Insight – What Martin-Florida blueprint gets right and wrong: When this financial crisis is over, North America will still be in desperate need of a revolution in education. A new report provides a call to arms and an ambitious road map
February 07, 2009. David Olive, Business Columnist
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A chance to jump-start labour productivity
Policy Options – A chance to jump-start labour productivity
February 2009, Todd Hirsch
Recessions are lousy affairs. People feel stressed, companies face bankruptcy, and newspaper business pages have nothing but bad news to report. But even during recessions – maybe especially during recessions – there are opportunities to be had.
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Gang project targets 300 youths
TheStar.com – news/parentcentral.ca – Gang project targets 300 youths
February 06, 2009. Donovan Vincent, city hall bureau
One of the largest anti-gang initiatives the city has ever undertaken will roll out this summer, aimed at steering at-risk youths into jobs and school.
The 3 1/2-year pilot project – Ottawa will provide just under $5 million in funding – will offer intensive case management for 300 youths ages 13 to 24 from three Toronto communities where gangs are a problem: Jane and Finch, Jamestown-Rexdale and Weston-Mount Dennis.
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Economic vision for Ontario
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – Economic vision for Ontario: foster ideas over industry
February 4, 2009. KAREN HOWLETT
TORONTO — Ontario’s future depends on nurturing creativity and intelligence rather than protecting the past by bailing out struggling manufacturers, say the authors of a new report that calls for a sweeping transformation of Canada’s manufacturing heartland.
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Conservatives take their eyes off importance of innovation
TheStar.com – Opinion – Conservatives take their eyes off importance of innovation: Blueprint fails vital test of leadership for the country’s future economy
February 03, 2009. David Crane
The new Conservative budget represents a lost opportunity. That’s because it does too little to generate the jobs of tomorrow, jobs that will come from innovation, science and technology.
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A waste of money [WSIB Labour Market Re-Entry program]
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – A waste of money
January 29, 2009
A program meant to train injured Ontario workers so that they can resume productive work is, in some cases, a waste of money, a waste of time and a waste of people. Given what is at stake, workers, unions, companies and the public should be told the full extent of this failure.
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Money for bricks, but not talent [Post-secondary Research]
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – Money for bricks, but not talent:University researchers say there isn’t enough new funding to close the gap with American universities
January 27, 2009. ELIZABETH CHURCH AND DANIEL LEBLANC
TORONTO/OTTAWA — Ottawa is giving Canadian campuses billions for brick-and-mortar projects, but Tuesday’s budget offered few assurances to universities that they will have the money needed to fill those refurbished labs and lecture halls with top talent.
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Retraining programs for jobless
TheStar.com – Opinion/letter – Retraining programs for jobless
January 22, 2009
Re:Skills program enrolment up, Jan. 17
Second Career was launched by the Ontario government in June, 2008 to address a demand for long-term training. Until Second Career, government programs offered only short-term training, usually six months or less, and were aimed at getting people back into the workforce as quickly as possible. No consideration was given to long-term training to develop the high level of skill required in many occupations today.
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