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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Woven Words for Indigenous Education
This useful collection brings together the reflections and perspectives of practising professionals in the field of Indigenous education. By sharing their own learning journeys and discussing teaching and leadership activities,…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2013
Re:Generations: A primer for all ages This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves, co-edited with Lyndsay Poaps and Kevin Millsip, represents a departure from our usual format(s). It’s structured as a…
Not your parents’ education: Ontario tuition fact sheet
Students go to university on a promise: get an education and the jobs will come. That worked for many students’ parents, but something shifted. The cost of university went up….
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 it focuses extensively on issues…
University education in Canada becoming less affordable: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Average tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students are estimated to rise almost 18% over the next four years, from almost $6,200…
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 next four years, and examines…
Infographic: Take a Hike!
Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning Which provincial governments are ensuring university education is more affordable for median and low-income families, and which governments are telling students to take…
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 gender and…
Pluralism in the Arts in Canada
A Change is Gonna Come Pluralism in the Arts in Canada: A Change is Gonna Come captures some of the dialogue happening around critical diversity, social justice, artistic expression and…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2012
Power of Youth: Youth and community-led activism in Canada Power of Youth: Youth and community-led activism in Canada, edited by Brigette DePape, explores grassroots activism across a variety of themes….
Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2012
Every Tool Shapes the Task “In thinking about this issue of Our Schools/Our Selves, I took an inspiration from Battleground Schools. It is an encyclopaedia of conflict in education, a…
The Innovation Gap and the Problem with Research Funding in Canada
While concerns about Canada’s innovation gap have become cliché, too often these observations ignore the elephant in the room: funding for Canadian Researchers is based on a broken funding system….
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