(TORONTO, ON) – Starting today, Ontario students can apply to get 30% off the cost of their tuition. Ontario launched the new, 30% Off Ontario Tuition grant at Wilfrid Laurier University today — meaning that eligible university or college degree students will receive $800 while college diploma and certificate students will receive $365 for this semester. [...]
By Laurel Broten, Minister of Education (TORONTO, ON) – It is critical that Ontario’s families and taxpayers trust their public organizations. The Ontario government strives to maintain the highest levels of accountability and transparency, and we expect the same of all organizations that operate in the public interest. Parents deserve to know about teacher discipline, which [...]
(TORONTO, ON) – Premier Dalton McGuinty delivered a simple message to Ontario students who are bullied or feel alone: it gets better, and we can make it better, together. The Premier met students at L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute in Toronto, where he also released his “It Gets Better” video, which encourages students, teachers, parents and community [...]
By Marco Navarro-Genie (WINNIPEG, MB) – Recent local and national commentary on universities has addressed their hostility to free speech. The restriction of liberty in universities is part of attempts to retool behaviour. Universities are becoming heralds of reactionary correctness and citadels of human engineering. The culture of entrenched correctness in universities springs from expectations [...]
By Michael Zwaagstra (WINNIPEG, MB) – Safety first, common sense last. That seems to be the motto when it comes to public schools these days. Earlier this month, the principal of Earl Beatty Public School in Toronto sent a letter to parents informing them that hard balls such as soccer balls, volleyballs, tennis balls, and [...]
By Britney Lucier (WINDSOR, ON) – Join Labour Market Language Training (ELT) for Finance and Accounting focusing on Finance, Public Administration, Communication and Computer Training (16-week Classroom Training & 5-week Work Placement Experience). At Women’s Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor Inc. (WEST), and in partnership with St. Clair College, this NO FEE program offers newcomers [...]
By Dr. H. Allan Conway (WINDSOR, ON) – Louis Lawrence Odette passed away peacefully in Toronto. Louis leaves his wife of 62 years, Patricia, four children and seven grandchildren, brother Edmund and a footprint that has benefited many, many people including all of us. Twenty years ago the Building we all call home on the University [...]
By Shannon Porcellini (WINDSOR, ON) – I’ve been on hiatus for the last month, exhausted from Strep, Scarlet Fever, spots, and the basic common colds my kids bring home from school. We’re all healthy now, and even took time out for a quick family getaway, so it’s now time to get back to writing. This [...]
(WINDSOR, ON) – The Rector of Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Francesco Profumo, and the President of the University of Windsor, Alan Wildeman, signed a collaborative agreement Monday at a ceremony also attended by the CEO of Fiat S.p.A. and Chrysler Group LLC, Sergio Marchionne. The first-of-its-kind joint degree agreement will see graduate students from the [...]
(LASALLE, ON) – LaSalle Public School is participating in the Pepsi Refresh Everything project in hopes to win a $25,000 grant to help build an outdoor classroom. Studies have shown that kids learn better outside, and so we believe that this space will motivate our students to focus on their learning and lead to their [...]
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