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Lesson Plans: Ontario’s ‘unprecedented’ education consultation
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Universitaires précaires
Les nominations d’enseignants contractuels, la tendance dans les universités canadiennes Download 1.54 MB60 pages Les universités canadiennes dépendent énormément des enseignants précaires sur les campus. Ayant…
Contract U
Contract faculty appointments at Canadian universities Download 825.99 KB56 pages Canadian universities are relying heavily on precariously-employed faculty on campus. Once among the most secure professions…
Pause and effect: On defunding parental engagement initiatives in education
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Planting perennials: In memory of Kate
Artwork by Karlene Harvey Kate McInturff came to work with us as a result of a very CCPA mashup of serendipity, optimism, and a leap…
The Great Divide: Fundraising is no solution to underresourced classrooms
Recently, CBC analyzed two years’ worth of financial statements for seven schools in the Halifax area to determine the degree to which fundraising was playing…
Zero Credit: The rise of precarity on Ontario’s campuses
As if we needed more evidence of growing workforce precarity, the 2016 census recently pointed to the “broader shift from full-time, full-year employment to part-time,…
No Temporary Solution
Ontario’s shifting college and university workforce Download 1.07 MB50 pages While post-secondary institutions are places of learning, they also employ thousands of people across a…
Planning for progress: Minimum wage increase is a correction long overdue
The recent minimum wage increase in Ontario has underscored business sector fear-mongering and mainstream media’s misreporting of the projected economic impacts.
12 arguments for the $15 minimum wage debate
Discussions about raising the minimum wage for workers often generate maximum rage from business. But is there any truth to the arguments and fear mongering?…
Growing pains: What can be done about Ontario’s ever-rising child care fees?
Apparently, it’s not just prospective homebuyers being priced out of the GTA. How many young families can easily come up with an extra $14,455 a…
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