Education

Selina Robinson, minister of post-secondary education, speaks at a funding announcement in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. The latest labour market survey for British Columbia says 75 per cent of the one million jobs needed over the next decade will require some level of post-secondary education or training. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Most of B.C.’s new jobs will need post-secondary training: labour outlook

Report says some form of post-secondary education will be necessary 75% of the time

 

Nyasha Katedza has launched a GoFundMe to help her through medical school. (Photo contributed)

B.C. woman faces racism, homelessness chasing dream of being a doctor

Nyasha Katedza is raising funds to help her through medical school

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B.C. high schools accelerate path from childhood to early childhood educator

Burnaby school district finds creative way to cope with early childhood educator shortage

 

People hold Israeli flags during a vigil organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver in support of those killed in Israel, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Canadian Jewish organizations are calling on the Liberal government to remove what they see as barriers to enforcing a relatively new Criminal Code provision against Holocaust denialism amid a rise in antisemitism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada criminalized ‘condoning, denying or downplaying’ the Holocaust: is it working?

Feds say no charges under the new criminal offence so far, despite rising reports of anti-Semitism

People hold Israeli flags during a vigil organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver in support of those killed in Israel, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Canadian Jewish organizations are calling on the Liberal government to remove what they see as barriers to enforcing a relatively new Criminal Code provision against Holocaust denialism amid a rise in antisemitism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver Career College is not responding to student requests after their LPN program abruptly ended in October, leaving 10 students without the education they paid for. (Submitted photo)

B.C. nursing students’ education in limbo as college program yanked mid-stream

Vancouver Career College not responding to student requests after LPN program abruptly ends

Vancouver Career College is not responding to student requests after their LPN program abruptly ended in October, leaving 10 students without the education they paid for. (Submitted photo)
Monitoring safety in kindergarten is getting in the way of teaching, meaning kids are not getting the most out of their education, says Amy Read, a teacher at Quadra Elementary. (Unplash/@lastnameeaster)

‘Hitting and biting’ in kindergarten a problem in Greater Victoria: teacher

The levels of violence that can be seen at kindergarten can be extreme

Monitoring safety in kindergarten is getting in the way of teaching, meaning kids are not getting the most out of their education, says Amy Read, a teacher at Quadra Elementary. (Unplash/@lastnameeaster)
To combat rising antisemitism, both British Columbia and Ontario announced this week that they would introduce mandatory Holocaust education for high school students, teaching them of the murder of six million Jews and others during the Second World War by Nazi Germany. (Black Press file photo)

Educators ‘heartened’ as B.C. and Ontario mandate Holocaust education

Future Grade 10 students in B.C. will learn about the Holocaust as part of a broadened curriculum

To combat rising antisemitism, both British Columbia and Ontario announced this week that they would introduce mandatory Holocaust education for high school students, teaching them of the murder of six million Jews and others during the Second World War by Nazi Germany. (Black Press file photo)
B.C. high school teacher Douglas Andrew Barnim has been suspended for one month for unprofessional communication with a recent graduate student. (Pixabay)

B.C. high school teacher suspended over communication with recent grad

Teacher said they would be friends for life, gave student dating advice

B.C. high school teacher Douglas Andrew Barnim has been suspended for one month for unprofessional communication with a recent graduate student. (Pixabay)
Retired Reynolds teacher Heather Coey is among the education leaders recognized in the Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Education. (Screenshot/Province of B.C.)

VIDEO: Meet 5 provincial award-winning education leaders in Greater Victoria

Awards honour teachers, support staff, principals, vice-principals and district leaders

Retired Reynolds teacher Heather Coey is among the education leaders recognized in the Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Education. (Screenshot/Province of B.C.)
FILE - Former first lady Michelle Obamad smiles as she speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2021. Obama will narrate a new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s children’s book “”Where the Wild Things Are.” HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that the audio download will go on sale Oct. 31, the 60th anniversary of the book’s original release. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Michelle Obama to narrate audio edition of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things…

FILE - Former first lady Michelle Obamad smiles as she speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2021. Obama will narrate a new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s children’s book “”Where the Wild Things Are.” HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that the audio download will go on sale Oct. 31, the 60th anniversary of the book’s original release. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Workers at the new Quw'utsun Secondary School sign the last steel girder to be installed at the facility at an event on Oct. 13. (Submitted photo)

Construction of Cowichan’s new high school hits major milestone

The facility’s final concrete pour was also prepared on Oct. 13

Workers at the new Quw'utsun Secondary School sign the last steel girder to be installed at the facility at an event on Oct. 13. (Submitted photo)
Fire crews continue to put out the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers after a Metro Vancouver elementary school was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Plans underway to get back to the books after suspicious fire razes B.C. school

Coquitlam RCMP investigating a suspicious fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam

Fire crews continue to put out the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers after a Metro Vancouver elementary school was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is calling for an end to the Foundation Skills Assessment tests, citing concerns around the data collected and shared.

BCTF calls for end to FSA tests citing concerns around data

But the province says the grades 4 to 7 tests are meant to provide feedback for B.C. schools

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is calling for an end to the Foundation Skills Assessment tests, citing concerns around the data collected and shared.
People attend competing rallies in support of, and opposing the Saskatchewan government’s proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The Saskatchewan government plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override a judge’s injunction and introduce legislation about the province’s pronoun policy in school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Hundreds rally as Saskatchewan pronoun bill nears introduction

Saskatchewan bill on trans name use in schools, notwithstanding clause coming later this week: Moe

People attend competing rallies in support of, and opposing the Saskatchewan government’s proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The Saskatchewan government plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override a judge’s injunction and introduce legislation about the province’s pronoun policy in school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
A pedestrian makes his way along an icy sidewalk Tuesday, February 26, 2019 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Okanagan school district needs kitty litter for ice, not kids

Responding to social media, SD67 says it’s not ordering litter for students who identify as cats

A pedestrian makes his way along an icy sidewalk Tuesday, February 26, 2019 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Mohawk artist Lee Claremont presents to the Indigenous Art Studio class at Mount Boucherie Secondary School. (Photo courtesy of Jim Elwood)

New B.C. grad requirement introduces students to local Indigenous teachings

Some school districts developing unique courses alongside First Nations to fulfill new requirement

Mohawk artist Lee Claremont presents to the Indigenous Art Studio class at Mount Boucherie Secondary School. (Photo courtesy of Jim Elwood)
BC Greens are calling on the provincial government to introduce a universal school food program, but the provincial government says local districts know best how to serve their communities. (Black Press Media file photo)

Calls for universal school food program in B.C. get sent back

Provincial government says local district knows best in response to BC Greens’ demand

BC Greens are calling on the provincial government to introduce a universal school food program, but the provincial government says local districts know best how to serve their communities. (Black Press Media file photo)
School District No. 74 includes Desert Sands Community School in Ashcroft. (Photo credit: DSCS)

$200,000 private donation helps B.C. district fill teacher shortage

Gold Trail School District used money to offer incentives to draw teachers to the community

School District No. 74 includes Desert Sands Community School in Ashcroft. (Photo credit: DSCS)
School zones are back in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in Vernon. (Vernon RCMP Photo)

Crashes injure 51 children every year in school and playground zones: ICBC

Education minister, police chief urges British Columbians to slow down near schools

School zones are back in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in Vernon. (Vernon RCMP Photo)
Students across much of Canada are packing lunches and slinging on backpacks today as they bid farewell to summer vacation and gear up for another school year. A elementary student arrives for his first day back to school in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Wildfires, climate issues accompany Canadians back to school

Wildfires affecting classes to the north and west, heat wave smacks the centre of the country

Students across much of Canada are packing lunches and slinging on backpacks today as they bid farewell to summer vacation and gear up for another school year. A elementary student arrives for his first day back to school in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi