Erin Kelly, outgoing director of education GECDSB, retires Friday
After a decade with the Greater Essex County District School Board, outgoing director of education, Erin Kelly, is ready to pass off the reigns.
Kelly was with the Upper Grand District School Board in Guelph, where she served as Superintendent from 2004 to 2013.
She began her role as director in Windsor in August 2013.
Kelly says one of her greatest accomplishments during her time as director is leaving the board in a better fiscal position.
This was done through stringent fiscal responsibility in alignment with the board’s strategic priorities, allowing GECDSB to be able to secure capital funding for…
Sask. education minister calls for review into ministry of sexual education materials
Education Minister Dustin Duncan has ordered his ministry to review documents pertaining to the youth curriculum, and plans to direct school boards to suspend any upcoming presentations with Planned Parenthood Regina.
He announced the directives Thursday afternoon after being made aware that a Grade 9 student picked up graphic sex ed material left behind by Planned Parenthood after members of the organization presented it to their health class.
“The material in question — as Minister of Education, frankly as a parent — is completely inappropriate to be in a classroom,” Duncan told reporters Thursday.
“We want to make sure that…
USask a leader in higher education sustainability rankings – News
USask has earned a rank of 67th overall around the world, even with the addition of more than 180 universities to the THE Impact Rankings bringing the total number of participants to nearly 1,600.
THE measures the performance of institutions around the world against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out by the United Nations. Universities must submit information for at least four of the 17 SDGs to be included in the overall rankings, and one must be for SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals.
In addition to ranking 67th overall, USask made a significant jump into the top…
CBE to hire hundreds of new teachers, support staff
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Public school officials are planning to hire 710 school-based staff over the next year as the Calgary Board of Education faces an ongoing surge of new students, many with complex learning needs.
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CUET PG 2023: 11 new institutions join, 7 announce amendments
CUET PG 2023: The National Testing Agency (NTA) today released a notification stating additions and amendments in Common University Entrance Test Postgraduate (CUET PG) 2023. The notice is available at the official website— nta. ac. in.
As per the notification, 11 institutions have joined CUET PG 2023. The additions include— Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora (Jammu and Kashmir), School Of Management Sciences, Varanasi (Autonomous College), Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchi, Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Madhav University, Pindwara (Sirohi) Rajasthan, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Bahra University, Shimla, Sanchi University of Buddhist Indic-Studies, Sanchi, Vinoba Bhave…
Why Chinese students are an increasingly rare sight in Taiwan | Education News
Taipei, Taiwan — It is Jamie Wang’s headline show at Taipei’s Two Three Comedy and the audience loves her. She has been doing standup sets at shows and open-mic nights here for a year.
Tonight, she is wearing a pink minidress with knee-high white boots, her eyeshadow glittering under the spotlight. She gives a dry delivery of sex jokes — and anecdotes about what it’s like to be a Chinese citizen in Taiwan.
“The most common question I get is like, ‘do you know there is no democracy in China?’ No s***, Sherlock,” she says as the crowd erupts with…
Act locally for a global career
Do you want to take your accounting and finance career globally? Becoming a member of CPA Australia in the Philippines could be your ticket to making a big impact on the world stage.
After living and working in Singapore for 12 years, in early 2022 Sherry Lou Pena CPA (Aust.) returned to the Philippines and now holds a key role as a Practice Director at a global accounting and consulting firm, KNAV.
It’s another step forward in a successful career that was complemented by her being a member of CPA Australia. She started CPA Australia’s CPA Program in June 2017…