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Fast Facts: Adult Education— Unearth this Buried Treasure
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 26, 2022 Adult education in Manitoba is a largely buried treasure. Outstanding work is done throughout the…
Unearth this Buried Treasure
Adult Education in Manitoba Download 734.32 KB44 pages New report finds Adult Education struggling to meet demand. Underfunded adult education programs in Manitoba are struggling…
Fast Facts: Reforming Education in Manitoba
Previously published by CBC online November 21, 2021 Although Bill 64 has been abandoned, the provincial government will soon have another go at reforming K-12…
Work Life: Paul Moist Honoured for Lifetime Contribution to Social Justice
Paul Moist is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Errol Black Award, presented to him by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba and the Errol…
Fast Facts: Leaky Roof and Crumbling Foundation
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 8, 2021
The Repeal of the Literacy Act
CCPA-MB presents on Bill 55 Download 403.59 KB8 pages Bill 55, The Reducing Red Tape and Improving Services Act, includes a commitment to eliminating the…
Fast Facts: Bill 64 Earns a Failing Grade
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 26, 2021
Fast Facts: Normal is the Problem
Long term care and COVID The heart-breaking tragedy of multiple COVID-19 deaths in Canadian long-term care facilities, and the often-horrific manner in which those deaths…
Reducing Poverty to Improve Educational Outcomes
What a School Division and a Local Community Can do Together Download 906.23 KB36 pages Many Manitobans express concern when international ratings of students’ educational…
Fast Facts: Poverty and Education in a Winnipeg Suburb
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 5, 2019 The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores were released this week, and once again…
Fast Facts: Red River College Decision Part of a Pattern of Bad Decision-Making
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 12, 2019 The recent decision to end the tenure of Paul Vogt as President and CEO of…
Fast Facts: The Deep Roots of the Meth Crisis
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec 19, 2018 Winnipeg’s meth crisis continues to skyrocket. I think a case can be made that in…
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