Tag: Education
Province extends tuition freeze for college, university students
The provincial government will extend a tuition freeze for college and university students through next year.
Striving for balance: An unprecedented London school shakeup looms
Are London families ready for a huge shakeup of the boundaries that dictate where kids go to school in the city?
New postgraduate spots at Western will address gaps in care: med school dean
A provincial expansion of doctor training will mean 28 new postgraduate spots at Western University’s medical school, in addition to the 185 first-year positions already in place.
Talks Thursday last ditch effort to avoid a college strike
A strike would impact 250,000 students across the province.
As Ontario rejigs science curriculum, critics ask: Who will teach the teachers?
A major overhaul of Ontario’s science curriculum is being greeted with cautious optimism as questions remain about how teachers will learn it and who was consulted before its release, observers say.
Colleges respond to looming strike threat
The body that represents Ontario’s 24 public colleges in contract talks insists it is not the one being unreasonable.
A look at Ontario’s new elementary school science curriculum
TORONTO — Ontario is revising its elementary science curriculum, including a new section involving hands-on technology and engineering learning and coding.
Creative solution: Western University program targets in-demand job skills
‘We’re coming at this with a collaborative approach.’
Students looking for quick resolution
Student associations across the province are urging the College Employer’s Council and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union to get back to the bargaining table.
Math anxiety can multiply within a classroom: Western University-led study
Sweaty palms, racing heart and dry mouth — math anxiety can quickly make its way through a classroom, affecting not only struggling students, but others as well. A new international study led by Western University psychologist Nathan Lau found the jitters many children get when dealing with mathematics can lead to intrusive thoughts that block […]