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Private school students do fare better — but it’s mainly because of their parents: study
The roughly 6% of Canadian teenagers who attend private schools — from the grandest boarding school for the global elite to the most modest independent religious school — gain advantages that only increase as the students continue into higher and graduate education… parents of private school students had incomes 25% higher… 10% of public school students had a parent who completed a graduate or professional degree, compared with 25% of private school students.
Tags: ideology, privatization, standard of living, tax, youth
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Strikes reflect awkward realities of Ontario university finances
Real revenue per student has been going up… but costs have been going up faster than the CPI. Every year there is a gap between revenues and costs of about one to two per cent. So every year, some retiring full-time professors are not replaced and budget cuts must be made across all activities… Presidents, professors, and graduate students are well paid. Part-time instructors not so well. And it is they who must cobble together an annual living on course-by-course contracts…
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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The solutions at hand for aboriginal women
… both aboriginal and non-aboriginal leaders have spoken of the need for comprehensive improvement in aboriginal Canadians’ lives: better and less crowded housing, education improvement, fighting addictions, job opportunities… the bulk of the problem is bound up in precisely those “sociological phenomena” — poverty, misery, addictions, hopelessness — that can be relied upon to produce violent outcomes in any society, of any ethnicity.
Tags: crime prevention, Health, housing, Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, rights, women, youth
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Canada’s Forgotten Law on Free, Universal Higher Ed
n May 1976, Canada became a signatory to the UN’s International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Among many other rights, by signing the Covenant, Canada endorsed Article 13, recognizing “the right of everyone to an education.” With clause 2(c), we agreed that “higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every appropriate means, and in particular by the progressive introduction of free education.” … instead of seeing progressive reductions in tuition and other post-secondary costs, we’ve seen them relentlessly rise for almost 40 years — as the result of deliberate government policy.
Tags: budget, ideology, standard of living, youth
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United Way sketches a path to a fairer Toronto
Toronto has a mayor and Ontario has a premier who are committed to reducing poverty. There are already effective civic partnerships, programs that have succeeded in lifting disadvantaged families up… the United Way does in its latest report, The Opportunity Equation… sets three overarching goals: 1) Give the city’s next generation the tools it needs to succeed; 2) Ensure that work is a path out of poverty; and 3) Share the city’s prosperity more widely.
Tags: economy, housing, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Job creation is not very high on Canada’s list of problems
It used to make sense to put job creation at the top of the list of policy priorities. But in an economy where there are fewer people of working age, the challenge now will not be to find them a job. It will be to make sure that they have the equipment, technology and skills to generate the most income possible.
Tags: economy, featured, participation, youth
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Canada fails First Nations children
The historic motion [Jordan’s Principle] endorsed the idea that meeting the health needs of indigenous children should be a top priority. And Parliament made it clear that the issue of which level of government should pay for health services should not impede the delivery of those services. Unfortunately, much more work still needs to be done on this file. Last week, a bracing report was published, laying bare the social inequities that continue to deprive First Nations children of timely care and assistance.
Tags: budget, Health, housing, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living, youth
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‘Work-integrated learning’ should replace unpaid internships
… co-ops, internships, field placements, and others – can improve the “fit” between education and employment and help students achieve their long-term career goals. They are particularly valuable to connect disadvantaged youth to the labour market, and enable new immigrants to gain Canadian experience. They also offer significant benefits to employers, providing a ready-made talent pool for recruitment efforts, and strengthening connections with post-secondary institutions.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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