Tag: education

  • New First Nations Treaty Map Introduced Into Ontario Schools

    New First Nations Treaty Map Introduced Into Ontario Schools

    Ontario is sending a First Nations and Treaties map to every elementary and high school in the province as a first step towards raising awareness about treaties. The map will help teach students about the significance of treaties and the shared history of First Nations and non-Aboriginal Ontarians. In partnership with First Nation leaders, new…

  • Ontario Greens list merging public & seperate schools as spring session priority

    Ontario Greens list merging public & seperate schools as spring session priority

      Queen’s Park – Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner is calling on the status quo parties to stop playing political games and focus on getting Ontario’s economy moving again while protecting the people and places we love.   “It is essential that political leaders put the public interest before their political self-interest,” says…

  • Ontario Greens: Canada European Union Trade Deal Extends To Municipalities

    Ontario Greens: Canada European Union Trade Deal Extends To Municipalities

    Ontario Greens are calling for a public review on the EU trade deal before its final approval. (Queen’s Park): GPO leader Mike Schreiner is demanding that Premier Wynne conduct a public review on CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) before Ontario approves the deal. “The people of Ontario deserve the right to accept or reject…

  • Ontario Supporting First Law And Architecture Schools For The North

    Ontario Supporting First Law And Architecture Schools For The North

    Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne attended the opening of two professional programs in Northern Ontario on September 4th, as part of her commitment to help young people in every part of the province prepare for promising careers. Lakehead University’s Faculty of Law in Thunder Bay and Laurentian University’s School of Architecture in Sudbury are Northern Ontario’s…

  • Grand Erie Schoolboard innovates with Parenting and Family Literacy Centres

    Grand Erie Schoolboard innovates with Parenting and Family Literacy Centres

    Brantford ON – Grand Erie is excited to offer, for the first time, two Parenting and Family Literacy Centres (PFLCs) at Major Ballachey and Princess Elizabeth elementary schools in Brantford. These centres are places where parents and children can come to play and learn together, families can be introduced to the school system, and children…