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May is child care month, but BC has nothing to celebrate
After years on the back pages, child care is once again on the agenda. The federal government is talking about a national child care plan…
The P3 approach to financing transit projects will cost us more
It is more than a little mischievous for the provincial government and regional politicians to welcome the private sector contributing to the massive cost of…
Three weddings and a funeral
Government plans for electricity in BC The provincial government has embarked on a massive redesign of BC’s electricity system. Throughout this process of radical restructuring…
Where are school tests taking us?
“Wherever you can, count,” said Francis Galton, founder of the late 19th-century Eugenics Society and one of the fathers of “mental measurement.” A hundred years…
May 2003: West Paupans Oppressed by U.S. Multinational
An interview with John Rumbiak John Rumbiak is a supervisor for West Papua Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy (ELSHAM) based in Jayapura, the…
Missing Pieces IV
An Alternative Guide To Canadian Post-secondary Education Download 398.39 KB 80 pages Attachments Missing Pieces IV: Highlights
Passing the Test
The False Promises of Standardized Testing Download 863.53 KB 552 African-American high school students with low skills were expelled from school in Birmingham, Alabama, just…
The People’s Free University
Counteracting the Innovation Agenda on Campus and Model for Lifelong Learning Download 186.84 KB
Tuition fee increases further limit access to higher education
Report OTTAWA–Nova Scotia’s record in post-secondary education has dropped that province to last place in Missing Pieces: An alternative guide to Canadian post-secondary education. In…
Drugs in the News
How Well Do Canadian Newspapers Report the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of New Prescription Drugs? Download 574.86 KB42 pages Attachments A Journalist’s Guide…
Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks
(Vancouver) The information Canadians get on new prescription drugs from a major and trusted source of information—daily newspapers—is incomplete and may promote unrealistic expectations about…
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