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Monitoring the privatization of public education – and resistance to it
With a wide circle of research associates representing all aspects of the education sector, accessible research, case studies and thoughtful commentary and analysis, the Education Project provides a welcome—and often humorous—balance to the rhetoric of market-based education reform that continues to erode our public education system at all levels.
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Young Workers in Newfoundland and Labrador
Sinking, Swimming, or Treading Water? Download 795.15 KB 30 pages Young people today in Canada face a reality vastly different from the one 20 or…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2014
Restacking the Deck: Streaming by class, race and gender in Ontario schools Restacking the Deck: Streaming by class, race and Gender in Ontario schools includes…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2013
On the Front Lines: Teachers, Unions, and Social Progress Because unions have always been on the front lines fighting for progressive social change they have…
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Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like…
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Erika Shaker: Scapegoating youth in the war on progress
In July 2013, Erika Shaker, Director of CCPA’s Education Project, was invited to deliver a lecture at the 2013 Summer Institute—an intensive, two-week, interdisciplinary workshop that invites…
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Infographic: An Education in Inflation
Cost of learning vs. cost of living? The cost of a university education in Canada has risen dramatically since the 90s. Has everything else? Share our…
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From Demonized to Organized
Building the New Union Movement “Nora Loreto refreshes the indispensable union movement for the younger generation of Canadians rendered defenseless by avaricious and cruel corporate…
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Le coût des études universitaires augmentera de 13 % au cours des quatre prochaines années, selon une étude
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA — La moyenne des frais de scolarité et des frais obligatoires des étudiants du premier cycle dans les universités…
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Cost of university education to rise 13% over next four years: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The average cost of tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students will rise by almost 13% over…
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Degrees of Uncertainty
Navigating the changing terrain of university finance Download 952.61 KB42 pages This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1990,…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2013
Creative License: Education, Social Justice and the Arts From teaching dance to elementary school students, to using poetry about conflict in the Middle East to…
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Woven Words for Indigenous Education
This useful collection brings together the reflections and perspectives of practising professionals in the field of Indigenous education. By sharing their own learning journeys and…
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