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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2012
Ne Lâche Pas! Striking shifts in education and community activism This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves is about the links between education and activism, but…
The High Cost of Learning
There’s no excuse for the soaring tuition fees in Canada It might have been my imagination (or perhaps wishful thinking), but in the midst of…
There’s Nothing Inevitable About Eduflation
It might have been my imagination (or perhaps wishful thinking), but in the midst of this year’s back-to-school media coverage, the issue of student debt…
Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning
Download 1.52 MB42 pages This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1990, projects fees for each province for the…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2012
Smashing the Stereotypes: Challenging race and gender in the classroom The latest issue of Our Schools/Our Selves, Smashing the Stereotypes, examines the ways in which stereotypes (such as…
Canada’s Mean Test: Myths behind neo-con madness
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Using Red Squares as Red Herrings: Scapegoating youth in the attack on progress
Why is it still, for some, a newsflash that reality for today’s youth is a solar system away from the world of just 25 or…
Educated Analysis vs Cappuccino Logic: Responding to the Quebec student strike
It was bound to happen. After almost three months, Margaret Wente finally got wind of this kerfuffle in Quebec about students refusing to buy into the whole “but it’s…
Tax Day’s Birthday Presence
This year, once again, I’ll celebrate my birthday as Canadians file their tax returns. I was born on April 30th. And considering my line of…
Political Apathy and Voter Suppression: Who are the real slackers?
Haven’t you heard? Canada’s in deep trouble. No, it’s not rising inequality. Or stagnant incomes. (That growing gap between the rich and the rest of…
Selling the 2012 Federal Budget: Envy-nomics 101
“It’s time for the public sector to have its 2008 recession,” proclaimed former RBC Chief Economist Patty Croft, impeccably dressed and looking admirably well-rested (early retirement seems…
Cue the Bleeding Heart Response from SunMedia
I know it’s not considered “politically correct” to talk about this. But I, for one, am sick of these welfare types taking my hard-earned money…
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