Education Project
Monitoring the privatization of public education – and resistance to it
With a wide circle of research associates representing all aspects of the education sector, accessible research, case studies and thoughtful commentary and analysis, the Education Project provides a welcome—and often humorous—balance to the rhetoric of market-based education reform that continues to erode our public education system at all levels.
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Harris-Era Hangovers
Toronto School Trustees’ Inherited Funding Shortfall Download 1.13 MB38 pages Controversy has been swirling around the Toronto District School Board and the province has been putting pressure on the board…
Who’s the Boss?
“The Elf on the Shelf” and the normalization of surveillance The Elf on the Shelf ® is a special scout elf sent from the North Pole to help Santa Claus…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2014
Poverty, Polarization, and the Educational Achievement Gap How we care for and educate younger generations — from the early years right up to postsecondary— is consistently the topic of heated…
Climate Justice in BC
Lessons for Transformation Download 3.02 MB61 pages Are you looking for new ways to teach about climate change and social justice? Frustrated with models that stop at changing light bulbs…
The Dirty War
The making of the myth of Black dangerousness Based on the accumulation of data, theoretical perspectives and personal narratives, The Dirty War paints a chilling picture of life experiences and…
Provinces pursuing two-tier tuition fee policies: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The average cost of tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students will rise by almost 13% over the next four years, from $6,885 this…
Tier for Two
Managing the Optics of Provincial Tuition Fee Policies Download 472.83 KB32 pages This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1993, projects fees for each…
Infographic: An Education in Inflation 2014
The cost of tuition has gone up 197% since 1993, how much has everything else gone up? Share our infographic and find out more in our report, Tier for Two:…
Navigating Canada’s complex terrain of student financial assistance
OTTAWA—Student aid systems in Canada are intricate, elaborate, and, in many cases, thoroughly unmanageable, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study, It’s…
It‘s Complicated
An Interprovincial Comparison of Student Financial Aid Download 2.01 MB50 pages This study compares eligibility for student financial aid by examining the amount of funds (both repayable and non-repayable) that…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2014
Privatization of Schools: An International View “Math wars”, attacks on teacher unions, old-fashioned commercialism, standardized assessment, and surveillance: debates over education have always been heated. But these days, the very…
Tuition Fees in Canada
This interactive tool allows you to compare how much tuition fees have increased by province and by degree since 1975. …
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