Articles from Canada
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Equity and inclusion 18 May 2006 Canada: National Day Against Homophobia - New teacher resource aims to nurture better understanding of BGLTT students
EI affiliate, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), is pleased to release on this National Day Against Homophobia, 17 May, "The Gay-Straight Student Alliance Handbook", the latest in a series of publications aiming to help teachers, school administrators and counselors in understanding the educational, health and safety needs of bisexual, gay,...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 17 May 2006 Canada: 29 May – National Fundraising Count Day aims to audit commercial activities in schools
EI affiliates the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) and the Fédération des syndicats de l’enseignement (FSE) invite teachers and principals across the country to walk around in their schools and carry out an audit of fundraising and advertising activities, as part of a National Fundraising Count Day on May 29.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 May 2006 Canada: CTF's survey of schools reveals advertising and commercial activities filling education funding gap
EI affiliate, the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF)'s recent study involving elementary and secondary publicly funded schools across Canada has uncovered some startling revelations on the extent of advertising presence and marketing deals in schools in order to offset chronic underfunding of education systems in every province and territory.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2006 Canada: CAUT’s Education Review focuses on Women in the Academic Work Force
Canadian EI affiliate CAUT has released a new report that shows under-representation of women among academic staff has been a persistent and troubling feature of universities and colleges in Canada.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 February 2006 Canada: International Mother Language Day
To help better prepare children between the ages of 0 and 6 for French-language schooling in minority settings, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) will release at a Feb. 28th news conference a unique kit of resources intended for people who care for and work with young Francophone children in minority...
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Union growth 2 February 2006 Four Canadian unions sign pact to protect collective bargaining
EI affiliate the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) has joined three other labour organisations and formally signed a Mutual Aid and Assistance pact to promote and protect collective bargaining in Canada.
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Equity and inclusion 19 September 2005 Combating sexual harassment in schools
The sensitive issue of relationships between teachers and students was raised at a regional seminar held as part of EI’s AIDS/Education For All programme. The unions are agreed that only a zero-tolerance approach will work, particularly since this issue is threatening the image and credibility of the teaching profession. EI...
Combating sexual harassment in schools