Premier Doug Ford’s government will not support a New Democrat’s bill to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province, the Indigenous affairs minister said Thursday. Ontario won’t support…
“We are committed to pursuing alternatives to out of school suspension and working to develop learning programs, in particularly social problem solving programs and moving those programs upstream as possible,” he said. WRDSB suspensions decrease;…
Nearly four years after the Waterloo Region District and the Waterloo Catholic District school boards ended their School Resource Officer (SRO) programs, a local MPP wants to see the programs reinstated, province wide. A local MPP pushing for return…
“What’s interesting is that donations from the community are not down. The community is really stepping up,” she said. Student nutrition program struggling to feed kids in need in Waterloo region | CBC News
Research from Canada and the United States suggests gig companies avoid paying millions of dollars in payroll taxes and workers’ compensation premiums. This not only deprives workers of protections, but also drains revenues from vital social benefit programs, such…
The London-based Catholic school board – the fastest-growing Catholic board in the province – had expected a $1.5 million deficit in the previous budget year. Enrolment surge lifts London Catholic board to $9.5M surplus | London…
“It’s going very well. There’s a lot of generosity in (Thunder Bay) and we’ve had a lot of donations this year,” said Sarah Polowski, chair of the human rights committee with the Ontario English Catholic…
Teachers are far more likely to be white than their students. School boards agree this is not what they want. Waterloo Region students seek more diverse schools
Federal families minister says deal will feed an additional 160,000 kids a meal Ontario strikes $108.5M school food program deal with feds to provide 9.8 million meals a year | CBC News
BC’s per-student spending in government schools grew 6.7 percent between 2012/13 to 2021/22, after adjusting for the effects of inflation. K-12 Education Reform in British Columbia | Fraser Institute