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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
Posted in Education Debates | No Comments »
You can’t say inclusive education doesn’t work. We haven’t even begun to try
Friday, January 11th, 2019
Education is not a privilege. It is a human right. That means no child has more of a right to walk into a classroom than any other child. We all know that is not how the system currently works. Our education model was created to support “typically developing” children. When segregated classrooms were abolished, we invited children with disabilities and children who were neurodiverse into a space that was essentially designed to guarantee their failure.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, participation, rights, youth
Posted in Inclusion Debates | No Comments »
Supreme Court rules voting restrictions on expatriate citizens are unconstitutional
Friday, January 11th, 2019
A lower-court judge had found the voting prohibition unconstitutional. But the Ontario Court of Appeal then ruled 2-1 that the law could stand, saying that non-residents do not live with the consequences of their votes on a daily basis. The dissenting judge said the restrictions had the effect of making non-resident Canadians second-class citizens… The 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms says without qualification that every Canadian citizen has the right to vote.
Tags: globalization, participation, rights
Posted in Governance Policy Context | No Comments »
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