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OTTAWA— Public investment in postsecondary education is paid back to governments in full and helps to reduce the financial risks taken on by students, says a new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
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 sort of an “issue within an issue," and is focused—specifically and more generally—on working together across generations for progressive change.
There is a substantive body of research that demonstrates the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment (Juarez, 2011; Huang, 2012). However, much of this research is based on mainstream populations, and there is limited knowledge of how Indigenous parents perceive their role in children’s educational outcomes. The purpose of this paper was therefore to explore parents’ personal educational and career histories as one means of understanding why educational outcomes vary so conspicuously between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth.
When she was 12 years old and still in grade 7, Claudette Michell left home in The Pas, running from racism at school and the effects of residential schools at home. She made her way to Winnipeg, becoming a survivor on inner-city streets. She lived in an abandoned car, and in a tent. She was often hungry. She was picked up by Child and Family Services repeatedly. She ran away. She was placed in locked facilities. She ran again, and again. At the age of 17 she had her first child. The baby’s father was in the same lock-up facility. She had no idea how to be a mom.
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. Secure jobs are harder to find. The average student debt load is much higher than it was a generation ago. University should broaden students’ options, not limit them. Ontario is falling short on that promise. Click on the image below to read our fact sheet on the burden of tuition:
This Wednesday, February 13, the six unions operating on the University of Manitoba campus will unite with one voice. The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA), Canadian Autoworkers (CAW) Local 3007, The Canadian Union of Public Employees 1482 (CUPE), CUPE 3909, The University Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) and the Association of Employees Supporting Education Services (AESES) will hold an information picket.  Their goal is to let the university administration know how a long list of actions has negatively affected the university community.
This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves talks about standing up against bullying—inside and outside the classroom— and calling out and naming oppressors. It also brings to light some of the challenges of defining and solving bullying in schools, and explores how we can break the culture of silence and speak truth to power in order to change teaching and learning experiences for the better.