Tawnya Pappin

Former foreign affairs minister John Baird has endorsed Christine Elliott in her bid to become the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, lending her big name support as the three remaining candidates debated. Elliott “has the necessary leadership credentials” and the ability to put Ontario on the right track, Baird said, adding he believes she … Read more

Educators with the Greater Essex County District School Board are hoping to put a dent in the region’s skilled trades shortage with a technical education program that looks like it’s catching on among high school students, some of whom are earning up to $35,000 a year to learn a trade. Enrolment has grown by two per cent … Read more

By: Emily Mathieu Investigative News reporter, Jayme Poisson News reporter, Published on Wed Jan 14 2015 Ontario’s largest student group is asking Premier Kathleen Wynne to push universities and colleges into adopting stand-alone sexual assault policies as well as mandatory education programs for students. Members of the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students met with Wynne at Queen’s … Read more

Two eighth grade students from Ontario are fighting to have schools take rape culture more seriously, and to include consent awareness programs in the national sex education curriculum.   A sexual assault occurs every two minutes in the United States, and less than 10 percent of them will ever be reported to authorities. When one in four women will … Read more

Just over two months after their mandate letter was publically released, the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, under minister Reza Moridi, has taken what they see as a major step in making post-secondary education more affordable. On December 8, the provincial government moved to increase the annual amount of financial aid available and … Read more

Fluency is at the centre of the updated National Curriculum for maths. In this context, “fluency” refers to knowing key mathematical facts and methods and recalling these efficiently. Here, primary class teacher Jo Matiti outlines an approach that she has developed to help children achieve this essential fluency without compromising best teaching practice for maths. … Read more

Ontario has an ambitious plan to weave money management into school classes from grade 4 to graduation. It needs help to equip teachers to handle it   OurWindsor.Ca By Ellen Roseman http://www.mississauga.com/Portals/_default/Skins/Dailies/images/sprite.png) !important; background-position: 100% -562px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important;”> Education Minister Liz Sandals is at a Toronto school, watching students learn how to make decisions. These … Read more

TD partners with Ophea on launch of new Financial Literacy resource TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2014 /CNW/ – Today Ophea and TD Bank Group, along with The Honourable Liz Sandals, Minister of Education, announced the launch of Wallet Wellness — Financial Literacy for Healthy Living. Ophea’s new bilingualWallet Wellness resource supports Ontario’s teachers in instructing elementary students with opportunities to apply the skills they … Read more

Increasing Student Assistance, Helping Graduates Repay Their Loans Ontario is increasing the annual maximum amount of financial aid available to college and university students and introducing new measures to help students repay their Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) loan. Ontario is modernizing OSAP by: http://www.northumberlandview.ca/themes/Fluidsolution/images/li.gif);”>Indexing the Ontario maximum student aid levels annually to inflation, starting … Read more

WHITBY — For high school students learning about the Holocaust, the numbers are so big and the tragedy so unfathomable, that it can be difficult to grasp. “Six million people died. The number is so vast, it’s so big. This was the most terrible crime ever committed on the face of the Earth,” says Bill … Read more