Articles from Canada
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 July 2013 Canadian researchers urge government to “Get Science Right”
The organization representing Canada’s academic staff is calling for an overhaul of the federal government’s science policy, following renewed concerns about the impact of recent decisions on the integrity and independence of scientific research.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 June 2013 Canada: Senate puts anti-trade union Bill C-377 on hold
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has welcomed the fact that the Conservative-dominated Senate has blocked Bill C-377. This Bill aimed to force unions to disclose all payments worth C$5,000 or more being made to outside groups or individuals. It also sought to force unions to...
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 May 2013 Canada: Teachers’ survey flags scarce resources on human rights education
Teachers across Canada have identified a pressing need for more human rights’ tools and resources - especially when teaching younger children. This is according to a national survey by EI’s affiliate, the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF), and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR).
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Equity and inclusion 19 April 2013 Canada: working to end violence against women and girls
EI’s affiliate, the Canadian Federation of Teachers (CTF), held its 2013 Women’s Issues Symposium from 17-18 April in Ottawa. This year's theme focused on violence against women and girls. In Canada, violence against women and girls is all too prevalent. It targets all groups of women, across age, ethnic, class...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 April 2013 Canada: CSQ holds rendezvous on early childhood education
The provision of quality early childhood education (ECE) services has been highlighted as an important entitlement for all young children at a Centrale des Syndicats du Québec (CSQ) meeting.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 18 February 2013 Canada: Teachers’ guide to copyright released
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has released the third edition of ‘Copyright Matters! Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers’. The publication takes into account key changes that have occurred in the area of copyright since the previous edition, published in 2005.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 December 2012 Canada: Union condemns government’s assault on democracy
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has heavily criticised the Harper Conservative government for pushing Bill C-377 through the House of Commons without a fair debate and without hearing the voices of those affected by the legislation. They describe the bill as mean-spirited, biased and wasteful...
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Standards and working conditions 9 November 2012 Evaluation – a necessary evil?Evaluation – a necessary evil?
Sylvain Marois
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 November 2012 The Québec Maple Spring:The Québec Maple Spring:
Bernard Bérubé
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 November 2012 Canada: Students across Quebec learn lessons in online privacy
On 5 November, schools across Quebec joined an event hosted by Laurier Macdonald High School in Montreal, to launch Media Literacy Week 2012. Students had the opportunity to talk with a panel of experts about online privacy as part of this year’s theme Privacy Matters.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2012 Canada: Teachers are forced to pay for the deficit in Ontario
Mass demonstrations by students and teachers alike were held on 19 September in opposition to the Putting Students First Act, or Bill 115, passed on 11 September. Those opposed deplore the fact that the Bill deprives Ontario’s teachers of their right to collective-bargaining actions and unprofessionally withholds their due wages.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 August 2012 Canada: teacher unions’ demand fair collective bargaining process
Canadian educator unionists have condemned the Ontarian liberal government’s ultimatum for local teachers’ unions and school boards that has both sides of the conflict currently in a stalemate. Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten said that if the teachers' unions and school boards do not sign the proposed new deals by...
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Equity and inclusion 13 July 2012 Canada: Deficit is not an excuse for underfunding Aboriginal education
Former Prime Minister Paul Martin has delivered a keynote address at the Canada Teachers’ Federation (CTF) Annual General Meeting held under the theme, “Teacher organisations: charting the course for democracy,” from 11-13 July in Halifa, Nova Scotia.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 July 2012 Canada: Gap between teachers’ hopes and practice
External forces often change the way teachers teach, with just under half of teachers occasionally having opportunities to teach as they aspire to. That’s according to a 2012 joint research report from the Canadian Education Association (CEA) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF).
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Union renewal and development 2 July 2012 Quebec teachers' union elects new president
For the first time in its history, the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), EI's largest member union in Quebec, elected a nurse, Ms Louise Chabot, as its President. Ms. Chabot succeeds Mr Réjean Parent, who led the organisation since 2003.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 June 2012 Canada: education union supports bill tackling cyberbullying
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has voiced its support for Bill C-273, an act that will reclassify cyberbullying as an offence.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 May 2012 Canada: Quebec’s “special law” violates students’ rights
EI national affiliates, the Confédération des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), the Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN), and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) have strongly condemned Quebec’s Bill 78. This legislation, tabled to end the 14-week student strike, violates fundamental freedoms of association, assembly,...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 May 2012 Canada: Schools tackle mental illness stigma
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has welcomed the Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Programme of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. This programme offers contact-based education to primary and high school students.
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