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Universities will help reset relations between indigenous and non-indigenous people
The cohabitation of Western and indigenous knowledge on campuses has the power to open a dialogue among cultures, enhance our mutual understanding and make change happen. There is a moral, social and economic imperative to act… Among the 13 principles to be announced this week is institutional commitment at every level to develop more opportunities for indigenous students. That means everything from community partnerships to financial assistance, academic support and mentorship.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, participation, standard of living, youth
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Why Canadian professors aren’t afraid of their students
… Canadian universities are in the business of mass education. We take entire generations of Canadians, tens of thousands of them recent immigrants, and give them access to the middle classes. Fancy American schools are in the business of offering boutique education to a very tiny, coddled minority, giving them access to the upper classes. That’s a really fundamental difference… The accessibility of the political system… serves to siphon off a lot of political energy, putting it to better use
Tags: ideology, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, youth
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Why university should be universal
Not only is it now clear that the benefits of higher education continue, and even improve, as the enrolment numbers increase, but there are fairly conclusive signs that Canada still does not produce enough degree holders… 80 per cent of the projected job shortages are in fields requiring a university degree… given the dramatic results of this experiment, that Canada would be plunging into a project to make university universal. But, in fact, we’re retreating… education spending is frozen.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Education incentive: $1,000 a year to keep some Leamington students in high school
The money, up to $4,000, is put in a bursary for their post-secondary education. The cash incentive and one-on-one support is to help teens not only finish high school but go on to college or university… Poverty affects most of the families involved with the local CAS. About 75 to 80 per cent are among the working poor or living on benefits… Based on a Toronto program, the estimated return rate is a savings of $24 for every dollar spent on helping a child get to post-secondary education
Tags: participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Sex ed curriculum strikes blow to rape culture
What would it look like if instead of — or at least alongside — rape culture we learned about a culture of consent? This is part of what’s being proposed by the Ontario Education Ministry in its new sex education curriculum… that you have to ask someone if they want to have sex, and they have to answer positively… It’s teaching kids that they have a choice. It’s teaching them that they are agents when it comes to sex, not passive objects
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, multiculturalism, standard of living, youth
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Why Ottawa’s investment in research will touch all Canadians
The recent federal budget’s third-largest investment – $1.33-billion – targeted research infrastructure… [which] for most people conjures images of bridges, roads and water mains… what is research infrastructure? … the tools researchers need to do their critical work… the powerful DNA sequencers that unravel the genomics of disease, and species of trees that are the lifeblood of our forestry sector… this investment… positions Canada to narrow the productivity gap in international competitiveness.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, globalization, Health, standard of living
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Fareed Zakaria: ‘We are meant to be engaged with the big questions’
what fuels economic success and innovation… may be… factors like having an education system where you are able to disagree with authority, challenge authority, and think outside of the box; where you can fail and then pick yourself up and try again. To this extent, a liberal education provides you with a rounded education in every sense of the word. It teaches you how to write, which I think is the most important aspect, because you learn how to think. It teaches you how to learn. These are soft skills but they’re not lesser skills.
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Value education in liberal arts
Liberal arts education comes from humankind’s gift of critical inquiry – deciding what it is we can honestly say we know and claim to understand. Nothing serves humanity more than, first, the intellectual rigour to discern – at least for now – what can be known and, second, the critical insight to discard claims of knowledge that are grounded on limited knowledge and entrenched beliefs… It teaches students to be brave enough to doubt, seek wisdom and adopt a rich vision of life.
Tags: ideology, multiculturalism, standard of living
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Ontario should ensure benefits of fundraising are shared with kids in poor schools
Education officials should… share the wealth by putting a reasonable limit on unfettered fundraising. Once they reached that level, affluent school supporters could continue raising money, but a percentage of the subsequent revenue would go into a fund to be shared by schools in poorer areas… engaged parents would still be encouraged to raise funds and… a good share of the money (perhaps 50 per cent) would flow to disadvantaged children who stand to benefit most from extracurricular activities.
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Advocacy group calls for end to ‘streaming’ in Ontario high schools
… enrolling in applied math in Grade 9 means there’s almost no chance a teen will go to university, says a startling new report… The OECD, an international organization representing developed nations, has also repeatedly warned that offering applied-like courses leads to lower achievement, lower expectations of the students by teachers and, at times, a “low quality learning experience,” usually for students from less affluent homes.
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