Educational assistants in Ontario say they’re fighting to make a livable wage

Some 55,000 school staff will be taking a strike vote through Oct. 2, with results expected to be available Oct. 3. Ontario’s school support staff to hold strike vote | The Star

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With a potential legal strike date just over two weeks away, mediated talks continue between the province and the union representing education support workers. Richard Southern with why little progress has been made. Negotiations ongoing…

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Education Minister Stephen Lecce noted the current Grade 10 introduction to computer studies was last updated in 2008, before widespread use of smartphones. Ontario to modernize high school computer and tech programs | The Star

Canada is promising 250,000 affordable childcare spots over the next four years, but with low pay and difficult working conditions, many early childhood educators are getting out of the profession. CBC’s Christine Birak visits a…