TORONTO—The Ontario government must boost annual education funding by $4.3 billion a year to help elementary and secondary school students recover from two years of pandemic disruptions to their learning and development, a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says.
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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 province, but the full potential is not being realized. A re-imagined and revitalized adult education strategy would produce many important benefits, including strengthened families, enhanced employability, and an important step toward reconciliation.
New report finds Adult Education struggling to meet demand.
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is planning to implement tuition fee increases and funding cuts to Memorial University as part of its strategy to reduce the province’s deficit.
This report analyzes the economic impact of that public policy decision on students, prospective students, and on the quality of university education.
OTTAWA—Planned tuition fee hikes and funding cuts at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) will erode the school’s ability to attract students and download a disproportionate amount of the province’s deficit onto learners, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
COVID-19 has been a devastating disruptor. It has laid bare the cumulative impact of subsequent waves of austerity—the true crisis of neglect that undermines our education system and that marks our society even as we happily share those “Meanwhile in Canada” videos. Neglect of the need to meet students where they’re at in order for them to thrive. Neglect of the funding and resources needed so that educators can support kids and communities in schools which are both places of work and places of learning.
University of Manitoba (U of M) students are in educational limbo during the longest
Previously published by CBC online November 21, 2021
Previously published in The Manitoban November 17, 2021
Thanks to the hard work of Manitoba Teachers, School Trustees. activists, and opposition parties, the hated Bill 64 is dead along with four other bad bills. However, what about Bill 71, The Education Property Tax Reduction Act, which is now law and very much alive? That bill was meant as the financial companion to Bill 64, and was based on the assumption that Bill 64 would become law.