Reading Time: 3 minutes A handful of Ontario school boards have decided that parents shouldn’t be told if their child has adopted a transgender identity
Category: Education
A 21st-century guide to career success
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our hints to help you get started on a successful career in a world of contract, short-term and part-time work and where robots are replacing humans in the workplace
Medical schools failing to help students develop their careers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Admission into medical school is not a ticket to a successful career. Physicians actually have a higher rate of unemployment than the national average
Satisfaction comes with sharing other people’s joy
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a number of ways to cultivate positive empathy (ability to share other people’s joy): spending time with children and animals, and seeing beauty in art and athletics
English public schools becoming less popular in Saskatchewan
Reading Time: 3 minutes French schools increased their share of students, as did Catholic schools. And independent schools and home-schooling options are becoming far more popular
University of Manitoba succumbs to politically correct nonsense
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why is the university pretending indigenous knowledge and science are the equivalent of our written knowledge base? Why are they allowing this farce to unfold?
The shift away from public schools in B.C.
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C. policy-makers would be wise to take note that independent school enrolment is increasing and public school numbers are down
The lazy, hazy – and regenerating – days of summer
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our summers were a collage of friends, exploration, interaction, self-discovery. We were doing everything. Our kids deserve the same
Opening the doors to innovative young Canadians
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal $221-million investment in work‑integrated learning placements for post-secondary students and graduates must include colleges and polytechnics
We need to broaden our focus as we push for innovation
Reading Time: 3 minutes An inclusive talent strategy for innovation must include polytechnics and colleges – to produce skilled workers who can carry out, and scale up, concepts