It’s time to enter a Public Education and Fire Prevention Policy into the booksCallander’s municipal staff are drafting a by-law to adopt a Public Education and Fire Prevention Policy. The draft should be ready for the council’s consideration at the next council meeting.
The Fire Protection and Prevention Act of 1997 regulates fire services, and the Act demands fire departments establish programs to educate the public about fire prevention. Adopting a policy will “give staff clear direction on how the Municipality meets the legislated requirements,” staff explained.
Fire education has always taken place in the municipality, but currently, no…
Nova Scotia opposition leaders say the Progressive Conservative government should be able to provide proof to the public that new schools announced in recent months — all of them in Tory districts — are those most in need of replacement.
Education Minister Becky Druhan released her government’s school capital plan last month. Along with renovations and the addition of modular classrooms for some schools, the plan also includes eight new builds: four to replace existing schools and four to go in parts of Halifax Regional Municipality to address areas of high population growth.
Four of those buildings have already been…
As gender-related policies in schools draw debate, some are calling for “safe zones” to be established around schools to allow students to remain focused on education.
Safe zones — also known as bubble zones — effectively create a perimeter around institutions by either limiting or prohibiting certain activities, like protests, in a defined area.
It came after hundreds of protesters and counter-protesters swarmed the streets outside of three schools in Ottawa last month, rallying on opposite sides over how gender identity is taught. At least one school went under a lockdown for the day.
In response, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board…
A Maple Ridge education assistant who says she was struggling to make ends meet has been fired over her second job: posting racy content online, including on OnlyFans.
Kristin MacDonald, 35, has posted titillating photos and videos for about a year under the name Ava James on the website known for custom pornography.
That drew the ire of School District 43, where MacDonald had been an education assistant since 2015 at Terry Fox Secondary in Port Coquitlam.
The district ordered her to shut down her adult content on social media, including on OnlyFans, in April or risk being fired.MacDonald…
Trustees with the Waterloo Region District School Board have passed the budget for the 2023-24 school year.
But in doing so, they were “forced to make some very difficult decisions regarding staffing and resources,” chairperson Joanne Weston wrote in a letter to Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce.
The board’s letter, dated June 27 and which has also been published on the school board’s website, has asked Lecce to review how school boards are currently being funded and “address some of the critical gaps” the board is facing.
Among the top concerns is transportation, Weston said in an interview with…
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The Bluewater District School Board has named Wendy Louwerse a superintendent of education effective Sept. 1.Article content
She will replace superintendent of education Andrea Tang, who is set to retire.
A media release announcing the post said Louwerse grew up in Caledon but has spent more than 34 years as a resident of Gray County. With a previous occupation in publication design, she began her teaching career at Osprey Central School in 2002. Subsequent teaching positions included the former Durham District Community and Spruce Ridge Community schools, prior to assuming administrative positions as a system curriculum lead…
While university staff have every right to take part in industrial action and fight for better pay and conditions, the current marking Boycott affecting 145 universities seems a step too far in terms of its negative impact on the students involved and their mental health (The pandemic ruined my A-levels – now the marking boycott casts a shadow over my degree, 12 June).
It seems particularly cruel as not all students are involved, as only UCU union members are taking part. My daughter has just finished her degree and has been informed that one of her modules will not be…
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Local NewsPublished June 22, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute readEducation Minister Dustin Duncan speaks at the Legislative Building on Thursday, March 9, 2023 in Regina. TROY FLEECE / Regina Leader-Post Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-PostArticle content
Regina’s Planned Parenthood says it’s sorry that a non-approved resource wound up in the hands of a Lumsden High School student, however, the organization is disappointed in how the Ministry of Education is handling the matter.Advertisements 2This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below.THIS…