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Category: Education and Training

Home Education and Training

Happening: New chief assessment officer at EQAO

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Education and Training, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
16.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Francophone teachers won’t do extracurriculars if no deal by Friday

AEFO president Carol Jolin says the main sticking points in negotiations are administration of benefits, teacher autonomy and workload. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
15.09.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

ETFO threatens to ramp up work-to-rule if government’s position doesn’t change

Education Minister Liz Sandals says proposal for ETFO is same framework as contracts for other teachers' unions but takes into account conditions for elementary teachers ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
14.09.2015 education, Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, ETFO, schools, teachers' unions, work-to-rule Natalie Paddon 0 0

Heard: U of Guelph professor named energy chair of Frontier Centre for Public Policy

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Business and Economy, Education and Training, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
14.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: 21 new schools opening over next few months

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Education and Training, Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
11.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: Two down, two to go in reaching deals with major teachers’ unions

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Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
08.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Province attempting to dispell misunderstandings about sex-ed

Some people 'clearly don’t understand what’s actually in the curriculum,' Education Minister Liz Sandals says; close to half of the students at a school in Premier Kathleen Wynne's riding were pulled out in protest. ...

Education and Training, Government, News
08.09.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Happening: High Skills Major program being expanded

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Education and Training, Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
08.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: High school teachers in Moosonee get first ‘freely negotiated’ local deal

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Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
03.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Province launches Youth Job Connection program

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Education and Training, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
02.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

No link seen between teachers’ salaries, student performance

A study by David Johnson for the C.D. Howe Institute finds no clear relationship between province-wide test results and teacher compensation in six provinces. ...

Education and Training, Jobs and Employment, News
01.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

OSAP changes mean students can take grants without loans

Other changes for the 2015-16 school year include students not having to report vehicles when they apply for financial aid and exempting the first $3,000 of students' assets from their financial assessment. ...

Education and Training, Government, News, Taxes and Benefits
01.09.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Heard: RFP released for Seneca expansion

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Education and Training, Government, modernization, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
31.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: Ontario ombudsman oversight on school boards starts Tuesday

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Education and Training, Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
31.08.2015 ombudsman, Ontario Ombudsman QP Briefing Staff 1 0

Ryerson president to become training, colleges and university deputy minister

Sheldon Levy assumes the deputy minister position effective Dec. 1, in what's been called a 'significant recruitment coup' for the Ontario Public Service. ...

Education and Training, Government, News, Recent Appointments
31.08.2015 Geoff Zochodne 1 0

Happening: CUPE education workers plan job action

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Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
31.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: OPSEU to take second shot at organizing part-time college support workers

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Education and Training, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
31.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

CTF: Taxpayers should be wary of new teachers’ contracts

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says Ontarians should be wary of new teacher contracts signed with public high school and English Catholic school teachers. ...

Education and Training, Lobbyists, News, Opinion
27.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

More support needed to help improve students’ literacy skills

According to the latest provincial testing scores, 48 per cent of students who don't meet the reading standard in Grade 6 pass the literacy test in Grade 10. ...

Education and Training, Government, News
26.08.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Seen: Province expands skills centre in Northern Ontario

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Education and Training, modernization, News, Rural and North, Seen, Heard, Happening
26.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Tentative deal reached with Catholic teachers’ union

Two down, three to go - agreement is second in less than a week in province's education sector; Catholic teachers' work-to-rule campaign suspended during ratification period. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
25.08.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Heard: Native youth graduate from government funded employment program

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Education and Training, First Nations, modernization, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
21.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Deal reached for Ontario high school teachers

Premier Kathleen Wynne says each contract is negotiated separately, but getting the first tentative agreement at the central table is a 'very good thing' ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
20.08.2015 education, high school teachers deal Natalie Paddon 0 0

Seen: Indian IT company signs energy research deal with Ryerson

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Business and Economy, Education and Training, Environment and Energy, modernization, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
19.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Catholic teachers launch radio ads ahead of new talks with province

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Education and Training, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
17.08.2015 OECTA QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: Province spends $30 million on U of Ottawa expansion

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Education and Training, modernization, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
14.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: ETFO to hold annual meeting next week ahead of new talks with province

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Education and Training, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
14.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: Province expands summer program for at-risk youth

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Education and Training, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
13.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Sandals senses ‘a good feeling’ for labour peace in schools

The education minister says deals could be reached by the time school starts back up because there have already been some agreements reached in certain contracts with teachers' unions. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
12.08.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Catholic teachers back at the bargaining table this week

OECTA president Ann Hawkins said a deal could be reached by the time school starts depending on the tone of the negotiations. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
11.08.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Local deal reached for Durham high school teachers

The Durham District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation District 13 are implementing the interim award of an arbitration panel. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
10.08.2015 OSSTF Natalie Paddon 0 0

Advisory group recommends province take lead on community hubs

To make it easier for groups to plan for community hubs in surplus school space, the premier's advisory group wants to give school boards 180 days instead of 90 to sell off closed schools. ...

Education and Training, Government, Health and Wellness, Home and Community, News
10.08.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Heard: Former deputy minister David Lindsay new COU president

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Education and Training, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
05.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Ottawa provides $30 million for university computer network

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Business and Economy, Education and Training, modernization, Seen, Heard, Happening
30.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Ontario medical students warn of fewer residency spots

In a joint statement with the Canadian Federation of Medical Students, the Ontario Medical Students Association says the government will cut funding for 50 residency positions by 2017. ...

Education and Training, Government, Health and Wellness, Jobs and Employment, News
29.07.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Peel high-school teachers, board reach deal on local issues

The parties come to terms after three days of mediation, although major central bargaining issues have yet to be resolved ...

Education and Training, News
28.07.2015 Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Happening: CUPE education workers file for conciliation

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Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
27.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: CAA launches campaign on province’s new road safety rules

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Driving and Roads, Education and Training, Government, Law and Safety, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
27.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Teachers’ dispute: Resumption of bargaining a possibility

Premier Kathleen Wynne called a private meeting on Friday with the unions and the school boards to stress the need to negotiate and said she came away pleased that 'no one said a deal was impossible.' ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
24.07.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Seen: Ontario nurses want stand-alone college nursing programs

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Education and Training, Government, Health and Wellness, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
23.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: Government ponying up $1.5 million for live theatre

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Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, Education and Training, Government, Home and Community, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening, Travel and Recreation
23.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

No byelection for Patrick Brown until after federal election

PC Leader Patrick Brown penned a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne calling on her to 'do the right thing' and call the byelection sooner ...

Business and Economy, Education and Training, Environment and Energy, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Ridings To Watch, Rural and North
23.07.2015 byelection, federal election, Kathleen Wynne, Patrick Brown Natalie Paddon 0 0

Seen: Ottawa helps Six Nations students with post-secondary skills training

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Education and Training, First Nations, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
23.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

August will be make or break month for teacher bargaining

Education Minister Liz Sandals wants to use the month to reach deals; the government won't 'escalate problems' by bringing the house back early in a pre-emptive move against any possible September strikes. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
22.07.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Heard: Ottawa provides $7 million for George Brown food research

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Business and Economy, Education and Training, modernization, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
22.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Francophone teachers’ union to file for no-board report

The head of the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) says the union has not decided what strike action will be taken. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
21.07.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Seen: Small hospitals getting $7 million from province

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Education and Training, Government, Health and Wellness, Home and Community, Jobs and Employment, News, Rural and North, Seen, Heard, Happening
20.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Province to review future of Kemptville college campus

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Business and Economy, Education and Training, Government, Home and Community, Natural Resources, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
15.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

High-school teachers to ramp up strike action

Members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation will be withdrawing from extracurriculars starting July 20; school board official remains hopeful contract talks will resume. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
14.07.2015 Natalie Paddon 1 0

Aboriginal issues kick things off at Council of the Federation

The premiers will start out in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to meet with leaders from National Aboriginal Organizations, before heading to St. John's to take on other issues, including the economy, health care, climate and en ...

Business and Economy, Education and Training, Environment and Energy, First Nations, Government, Jobs and Employment, Natural Resources, News
14.07.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0
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