Articles from Canada
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 June 2015 Canada: poverty negatively impacts educational outcomes, new publication shows
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation has launched a discussion booklet for students on the consequences of poverty in the classrooms and schools, aiming to engage students in school community social action projects.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 October 2014 Canadian academics heighten calls for fair employment
The theme of this year’s Fair Employment Week, ‘Fair for All,’ highlights the importance of protecting all academic staff, from professors to librarians and researchers, working at universities across Canada.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 August 2014 Canada: Unions call for commitment to public college education
Education unions in Quebec, Canada have appealed to the province’s Minister of Education, Sport and Leisure to publicly declare the importance of the public college system amid calls to have it abolished.
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Standards and working conditions 3 June 2014 Canada: Call for applications to Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) has launched the Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award. Only organisations with whom CTF has a current or recent (past five years) partnership are eligible to apply and earn C$1,000 to carry out its proposed World Teachers’ Day (WTD) activities.
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Union renewal and development 26 May 2014 Canada: CAUT appoints new Executive Director
EI has warmly welcomed the appointment of David Robinson as Executive Director of its affiliate, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Robinson’s appointment will become effective on 1 July.
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Union growth 8 May 2014 Canada: Task force recommendations undermine teachers, says union
The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) has strongly rejected the Task Force for Teaching Excellence report released by Alberta’s Education Minister, considering it as an assault on teachers.
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Union renewal and development 30 October 2013 Canada: Marketing and consumerism focus of Media Literacy Week
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, will organise the eighth national annual Media Literacy Week on November 4-8 in collaboration with MediaSmarts, a Canadian not-for-profit centre for digital and media literacy. This year’s Week will focus on marketing and consumerism.
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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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Union growth 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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Union growth 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.
Canada: Teachers are forced to pay for the deficit in Ontario