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Raising taxes to build Toronto is not just good — it’s necessary
Mayor John Tory’s plan to increase property taxes is good news for Toronto. If approved by city council, Tory’s plan would help the city raise…
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Montreal Massacre: Still fighting for our daughters, one generation later
I was 19 and in my second year of university—with my whole life laid out before me—when the massacre at École Polytechnique happened. I now…
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An electrifying announcement leads to more questions than answers
In late August, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau traveled to Vancouver to announce that the federal government had agreed to financially support a new hydroelectric transmission…
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Oil Industry Influence in Saskatchewan public schools: Report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT REGINA—With climate and energy issues dominating much of the political debate, the question of how and what students…
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Reducing Poverty to Improve Educational Outcomes
What a School Division and a Local Community Can do Together Download 906.23 KB36 pages Many Manitobans express concern when international ratings of students’ educational…
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What to Expect from Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Lessons from the Global South
Full text availiable here. Poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) have proliferated across Canada in recent years at different levels of government. In this article, we address…
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Crude Lessons
Fossil Fuel Industry Influence on Environmental Education in Saskatchewan Download 611.1 KB24 pages With climate and energy issues dominating much of the political debate, the…
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Fast Facts: Poverty and Education in a Winnipeg Suburb
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 5, 2019 The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores were released this week, and once again…
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Oil Together Now: Who’s really playing politics in the classroom?
Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange is very concerned that teachers in classrooms across the province are turning students into anti-oil zealots. Her evidence? Two multiple-choice questions…
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