Tag Archives: Education

OTTAWA - A controversy over a suspended professor who used a notoriously derogatory word for Black people in class has stirred strong emotions on Parliament Hill, over whether, if ever, the term shoul...

EDMONTON - Leaked advice on proposed Alberta curriculum changes suggests the legacy of residential schools is too upsetting to be taught to young children, but the chairman of the Truth and Reconcilia...

A report commissioned by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the land-claim organization that represents Inuit in the territory, outlines ways in which the region falls behind the rest of Canada. Here are some of...

MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission is urging the province to act against systemic racism and says the majority of recommendations it made in a 2011 report on the subject have not been impleme...

TORONTO - Author and psychologist Jordan Peterson says he's back in Toronto and eager for "something resembling a normal life" after spending much of the past year in and out of hospitals around the w...

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are setting Parliament up for another showdown that could trigger a snap election.  The Tories will press ahead Tuesday with a motion that calls for the crea...

WATERLOO, Ont. - Tim Hsieh, a theoretical physicist, pauses when asked what he studies for a living. "It's pretty tricky, to be honest," acknowledges Hsieh, a faculty member at the newly created Clay ...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the issue of fair payment for the use of copyrighted works in the classroom. The top court agreed to hear the case in response to appeals from York...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by two parents who wanted the province to implement tougher COVID-19 safety measures before schools reopened...

Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...