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Monitoring the privatization of public education – and resistance to it
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For Ontario’s low- and middle-income families, paying for university involves priority roulette
This fall, as young people make preparations to enter university, some Ontarians may be feeling nostalgic. But for many Ontario parents, the excitement and pride…
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Rising university tuition fee burden squeezing Ontario families: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Ontario’s system of financing higher education is becoming less equitable and more regressive for families, says a study released today…
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Under Pressure
The impact of rising tuition fees on Ontario families Download 842.75 KB36 pages Over the past two decades, Ontario’s system of financing higher education has…
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The New “Three R’s”
An award-winning college program for Inuit youth shows the benefits of a small learning environment and culturally-relevant curriculum Download 475.11 KB51 pages While not an…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2011
The Voice of Nunavut: Learning from the Eastern Arctic’s education challenges More than 10 years after its creation, although it has a government, policies and…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2011
Critical Mass: A primer for social change What do progressive people do when they realize that there are victories we can no longer take for…
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Cashing in or Selling Out?
OneStop Media Group and the Toronto District School Board Tonight, the Toronto District School Board is debating a motion over whether or not to extend…
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Petrol’s Paid Pipers
Are the tar sands calling the tune in Alberta’s classrooms? Download 123.45 KB 13 pages “Petrol’s Paid Pipers,” from the Winter 2011 Our Schools /…
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Feminism FOR REAL
Deconstructing the academic industrial complex of feminism When feminism becomes its own form of oppression, what do we have to say about it? Western notions…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2011
Bright Ideas: Students and educators challenge limits on education This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves is about how students and educators are confronting and resisting…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2010
Teach outside the box The fall 2011 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves, edited by Larry Kuehn, explores the ways in which neo-liberal forces and the…
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