The Anglophone East district education council has voted to implement what it describes as a strengthened version of the New Brunswick government’s Policy 713 to protect LGBTQ students.
The elected council that oversees 39 schools in southeastern New Brunswick voted unanimously in favor of creating the policy in a rebuke to provincial changes to Policy 713 announced this month. The motion says the changes “endanger students in our district.”
“We decided that that was an important thing to do given the government’s reduction of the protection of our kids,” Kristin Cavoukian, a council member who introduced the motion, said in…
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UCDSB details student impact from continued Indigenous Education
The Upper Canada District School Board says they are creating meaningful and personal land acknowledgments to work with Indigenous partners to identify the traditional territory each school is situated on, as well as implementing rich programming that offers Indigenous students the opportunity to form deeper connections with their own culture and share it with their non-Indigenous peers, as part of their commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.
The impact of the actions being taken within the UCDSB was front and center during the Board of Trustees meeting, held June 7th, as Ward 11 (AMBE) Trustee Patty Francis shared her comments on…
‘It’s micromanaging’: Unions say Quebec education reform won’t solve issues – Montreal
Dressed in medieval garb Friday, members of the Fédération du personnel de soutien scolaire (FPSS-CSQ) clamored that “his majesty” Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville doesn’t want to listen to school support staff.
Union members were outside Quebec’s National Assembly, upset they were not invited to hearings over Bill 23, the province’s education reform.
“Bottom line is you have to listen to what’s happening down (at ground level). It should go up and not the other way around,” said Julie Gervais, a special education technician.
Gervais says the minister is giving himself too much power. The union’s president agreed.
“His Majesty…
SLOBODIAN: NDP education plan, drag story hour and secret clubs in, parents out | opinion
Rachel Notley said she’ll hire 7,000 new teachers, educational assistants, and support staff if elected premier on May 29.
The NDP leader is dangling a shiny object to woo votes from Alberta parents concerned about overcrowded classrooms.
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17 regional student advocates appointed by the Quebec education ministry
The Ministry of Education on Wednesday named 17 regional student advocates who will assist their national counterpart, Jean-François Bernier.
The education ministry announced in a press release that the chosen individuals would “handle all complaints from students and parents, including those concerning bullying, violence and sexual abuse against students attending an educational institution.”
“With the National Student Ombudsman and the regional ombudsmen, our government has taken an important step to better protect all students in Quebec, both in the public and private sectors,” said Education Minister Bernard Drainville in a press release.
“This change will ensure a uniform process for…
Alabama education director ousted over book’s stance on race
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she was replacing her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book, written by a nationally recognized education group, that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts” because of language about inclusion and structural racism.
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Barbara Cooper was forced out as head of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education after Ivey expressed concern over the distribution of the book to state-run pre-kindergartens. Ivey spokesperson Gina Maiola identified the book as the National Association for the Education of Young…
Press release: UN Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms the role of technology and innovation, and education in the digital age in accelerating gender equality
At the conclusion of the negotiations, UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, said: “This year’s Agreed Conclusions are game-changing and bring forward our vision of a more equal and connected world for women and girls in all their diversity. It is our job, as we leave here today, to translate them into reality. The ultimate success of these Agreed Conclusions lies beyond their finalization today, in how we will collectively take them forward. They bring us a vision of a more equal world. Let us translate them into reality for all women and girls.”
CSW67 confirmed the importance of women…
Access to post-secondary education expanded for former youth in care | News | Vancouver Island University
Former youth in care in BC of all ages will now have their tuition waived for post-secondary education, as the government takes action to remove age requirements for the Tuition Waiver Program for Former Youth in Care and make it available for a lifetime.
Selina Robinson, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills and Mitzi Dean, Minister of Children and Family Development, came to Vancouver Island University (VIU) on Tuesday, March 14 to make this important announcement.
In 2017, the BC government developed the Provincial Tuition Waiver Program that waived tuition and fees for former youth in care between the…
