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Special education needs of 24 per cent of kids with disabilities unmet: StatsCan
The Canadian Press – Special education needs of 24 per cent of kids with disabilities unmet: StatsCan
May 27, 2008. By Lauren La Rose, The Canadian Press
TORONTO – The parents of roughly one-quarter of children with disabilities believe their child’s needs for special education are going unmet, while nearly half say they experience difficulty getting special education for their child, according to a new study.
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New use for old schools
TheStar.com – comment/editorial – New use for old schools
May 26, 2008
School boards across Ontario have been watching their enrolments fall for years as a result of rapidly declining fertility rates. That, in turn, has led to half-empty facilities and painful decisions about school closings.
But as a new report from People for Education points out, the education system is resistant to proposals to put these underused schools to better community uses.
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Save Ontario’s car industry? Try investing in education
TheStar.com – comment – Save Ontario’s car industry? Try investing in education: The key is to open up access to universities and colleges so lack of money is never a bar
May 25, 2008. Thomas Axworthy
As Windsor reels from cutbacks in the auto sector, more bad news is on the way.
China is now exporting half of its auto products and Tata Industries of India has just announced that it will be producing a $2,500 car. China and India are now flexing their manufacturing muscles in autos, putting this bedrock of Ontario’s economy under pressure as never before.
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Autism lawsuit needs more work, court says
TheStar.com – healthzone.ca – Autism lawsuit needs more work, court says
May 24, 2008
Parents fighting to have their autistic children receive expensive, specialized therapies within the public education system were tossed a thin lifeline by Ontario’s highest court yesterday.
In a unanimous ruling, the Ontario Court of Appeal essentially handed back the parents some of their claims against the Ontario government and seven school boards, saying they need to be substantially reworked if they are to have any hope of succeeding in their lawsuit.
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Protest message should be heard
TheStar.com – comment/editorial – Protest message should be heard
May 20, 2008
On May 29, First Nations people across Canada will stage a “day of action” to draw attention to the poverty, appalling living conditions and despair that plague many of their communities.
Their message will be an uncomfortable one for a country that prides itself on being one of the most forward-thinking in the world. But there are reasons for all Canadians to listen closely.
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No easy answers in autism debate
TheStar.com – comment/editorial – No easy answers in autism debate
May 15, 2008
Bruce McIntosh captures the weariness of many parents of autistic children when he says he is “tired of this fight.” McIntosh, whose 8-year-old son is autistic, joined other parents at Queen’s Park this week to demand the government cut long waiting lists for intensive behavioural intervention (IBI), and provide the costly therapy in schools.
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Opening the doors of academe
TheStar.com – comment – Opening the doors of academe
May 12, 2008. Carol Goar
Never would she darken a classroom door again, Valerie Ashford vowed, when she finished high school. She had always been a below-average student, to the frustration of her parents and teachers. “I was education-averse from the get-go.”
She kept her vow for 13 years. By then, Ashford was a single mother living on welfare.
Gingerly, she stuck a foot across the university threshold, taking a correspondence course in effective writing at Queen’s. She did well.
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Highly educated but poorly paid
TheGlobeandMail.com – census/immigrants – Highly educated but poorly paid
May 1, 2008 at 8:59 AM EDT. COLIN PERKEL, Canadian Press
TORONTO — Piloting his cab through the congested streets of Toronto, Ifzal Ahmad is looking forward to the day when he can come up with $35,000 for a course that should allow him to again become a mechanical engineer.
Despite 15 years in his profession in India, the 47-year-old married father of three — like so many other new arrivals to Canada — has found himself in a relatively low-skilled job because his qualifications aren’t recognized here.
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Toronto gets lead role in huge cancer project
TheStar,com – healthzone.ca – Toronto gets lead role in huge cancer project
April 30, 2008. Megan Ogilvie
More than any other time in this city’s history, world-class scientists are flocking to our labs en masse with the hope of cracking medical mysteries.
Yesterday, Ontario researchers announced they will take a lead role with the International Cancer Genome Consortium, one of the largest global research efforts since the Human Genome Project. Within 10 years, the consortium plans to map the genetic mutations that drive 50 of the most common cancers.
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Options studied for kindergarten
TheStar.com – parentcentral.ca – Options studied for kindergarten
Kristin Rushowy, April 23, 2008
Is it full-day kindergarten, or isn’t it?
Depends on whom you ask about the Liberal government’s promise to implement all-day learning for the province’s 4- and 5-year-olds.
Elementary teachers say it should be provincial curriculum, taught by them, in schools, and that’s certainly the perception among parents. But others say it will incorporate daycare centres and early childhood educators.
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