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School bargaining: Down at Queen’s Park, $100 million is pocket change
The province spends much more money on things that aren’t priorities. Supporting education workers should be high on the priority list.
Fast Facts: Stop the Education Property Tax Cut until We Have a Better Plan
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Nov 14, 2022 The Manitoba government’s plan to eliminate the education property tax – a tax that…
Work Life: A Roadmap for Adult Education in Manitoba
Manitoba is awash with problems. Many have been allowed to grow for decades. There is no quick fix. However, one part of a longer-term solution—and…
Five things to know about Ontario’s strikebreaking law
The Ontario government just declared war on the constitutionally protected right to strike, using the notwithstanding clause.
Fast Facts: Jim Silver has built a remarkable career as an academic, author, and activist.
Jim’s academic studies started at the University of Winnipeg, where he graduated with a B.A. (Honours) in Political Science in 1975. He went on to…
Educators are parents. Parents are workers. And facts are facts.
Ontario’s political rhetoric creates divisions where, in reality, none exist.
Anti-trans groups are targeting schools
Anti-trans groups are trying to ignite a culture war in schools. Here’s what’s at stake – and what we can do.
Building the Best Adult Education System in Canada
A Roadmap and Action Plan for Manitoba Download 665.17 KB 39 pages Uneath This Buried Treasure found that Adult Learning Centres and Adult Liteacy Programs…
Three-tier education system in Quebec: The state of the situation
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No one benefits from a two-tiered university professoriate
For many Canadians, a professor is a professor. The truth is that the professional and economic conditions of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty and contracted instructors are drastically different.
Putting an end to the student debt sentence
Student debt forgiveness has sparked hope in the U.S. Canada should pay attention.
Citizenship education: It’s about more than the curriculum
It’s been a few months since I defended my dissertation on provincial public education policies in Canada (particularly in relation to students and citizenship) and I’ve had some time to both (not) think about, and reflect on my research with a little bit of distance.
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