Education
It's all over the papers - young people aren't voting. It's the fault of the media leaving negative perceptions. It's the fault of the school curriculum for not teaching enough civics. It's the fault of Elections Canada for not making registration easy enough. It's the fault of politicians for not addressing youth issues.
Inside this issue:
BC Budget 2005: A Missed Opportunity
Who Benefits? Revisiting BC’s Income Tax Cuts
The $150 Million Question: What Does New K-12 Funding Mean For BC’s Schools?
Is the Province Equipped to Tackle the Pine Beetle’s Long-term Impact?
BC’s Economic Recovery: The Role of Commodity Prices
Today's youth live, communicate and act in a wired world of corporate logos, symbols and branding. "McWorld" is the symbolic term used to capture the new realities of corporate-driven globalization engulfing young people today. The dynamics of McWorld provide us with a common symbol and language for both understanding and confronting the major issues of corporate globalization
The recent release of results by the Project International Student Assessment (PISA) is always a subject for hand-wringing and apologetics on the part of Atlantic Canadian educators and bluster and recriminations from groups like the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. As usual, Atlantic Canada’s performance is mediocre by Canadian national standards and somewhere in the middle of the pack internationally along with countries like Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Canada as a whole and particularly Alberta (and to a lesser extent, Ontario and British Columbia) leads most of the world on the
Inside this issue:
Shifting to a Sustainable Energy Plan for BC
Shifting the Cost of Post-Secondary Education
BC's Social Housing Shell Game
BC's Growing Gap in the 1990s