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Education Minister Stephen Lecce
Parents Concerned Over Ontario School Board’s ‘Intrusive’ Survey on Students’ Sexual Orientation and Gender
Parents in the Thames Valley District in Ontario are raising questions about a student survey they say is “intrusive” and lacks transparency. The Concerned Parents Association of London and Area ...
April 6, 2024
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Chandra Philip
Anthony Furey: Toronto School Board Should Apologize for Racially Divisive Guidebook
Commentary The Toronto District School Board (TDSB), Canada’s largest such board, has shelved a controversial teaching resource after ...
February 22, 2024
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Anthony Furey
Despite Talk of Parental Rights, Ontario Schools Still Keep Gender Changes Secret
While Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce and Premier Doug Ford have both said parents should be informed when ...
February 2, 2024
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Tara MacIsaac
Michael Zwaagstra: Some New Year’s Resolutions for Ontario’s Education Minister
Commentary The end of the year is an opportunity to think about what changes we want to see ...
December 21, 2023
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Michael Zwaagstra
Ontario to Speed School Construction by Cutting Red Tape, Standardizing Design
Education Minister Stephen Lecce has announced a plan to cut building time for new schools in half as ...
December 13, 2023
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Jennifer Cowan
Ontario Education Minister Says to Halt ‘Equity-Informed’ Weeding of School Library Books
An Ontario school board has been "weeding" out all books published before 2008 with the goal of removing ...
September 13, 2023
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Tara MacIsaac
Anthony Furey: The Emerging Parental Rights Movement in Canada
Commentary Last year, the Toronto District School Board asked elementary school students to fill out a highly intrusive ...
August 29, 2023
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Anthony Furey
Ontario Education Minister Says Office Will Investigate Events Leading Up to Principal’s Suicide
Ontario's Education Minister says his office will be conducting a review of the circumstances leading up to the suicide ...
July 25, 2023
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Matthew Horwood
Ontario Schools Must Reverse Decision to Exclude Uniformed Police From Career Day: Education Minister
Ontario's education minister has issued a memo to school boards saying any policies prohibiting uniformed police from entering ...
May 12, 2023
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Tara MacIsaac
Ontario’s Education Minister to Introduce Legislation to ‘Refocus’ System
Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce is scheduled to introduce legislation Monday that will "refocus the education system ...
April 17, 2023
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Tara MacIsaac
Michael Zwaagstra: Woke Rot Runs Deep in Ontario Schools
Commentary Finally, there’s a ray of hope in the Halton District School Board (HDSB). After months of defending ...
January 12, 2023
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Michael Zwaagstra
Ontario Government Reaches Tentative Deal With Ontario Council of Educational Workers
The Ontario government has reached a tentative deal with school staff represented by the Ontario Council of Educational ...
December 11, 2022
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The Canadian Press
Ontario Labour Relations Board Hearing Continues in Effort to Decide Fate of Education Workers’ Strike
Ontario’s labour relations board is set to hear another day of testimony on the government’s application to stop ...
November 5, 2022
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Isaac Teo
Ontario Files Labour Board Application to End Education Workers’ Strike
The Ontario government has filed an application with the province’s labour board to stop job action by thousands ...
November 4, 2022
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Andrew Chen
Ontario Passes Back-to-Work Bill, Applies Notwithstanding Clause Ahead of Education Workers’ Strike
The Ontario legislature has passed back-to-work legislation to impose a four-year contract on education workers and make a ...
November 3, 2022
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Andrew Chen
Ontario Introduces Back to Work Legislation for Education Workers to Avert Strike
The Ontario government has introduced legislation to keep kids in class, impose a contract on education workers, and ...
October 31, 2022
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Isaac Teo
Ontario Regulator Agrees to Review Standards Amid Protests Over Teacher Wearing Prosthetic Breasts in Class
An Ontario regulator for schoolteachers has agreed to review its professional standards after an outcry over a high ...
October 14, 2022
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Andrew Chen
Ontario Teachers College Will Review Professional Standards in Response to Teacher Wearing Large Prosthetic Breasts in Class
The Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) will review its professional standards, according to provincial Education Minister Stephen Lecce, ...
September 26, 2022
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Peter Wilson
School Board Officials Not in Position to Reinstate Mask Mandates: Ontario Education Minister
Ontario’s Education Minister Stephen Lecce says school board officials are not in the position to make public health ...
April 15, 2022
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Isaac Teo
Ontario Releases New Science Curriculum for Grades 1 to 8
The Ontario government has introduced a new science curriculum for Grades 1 to 8, with the focus on ...
March 8, 2022
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Andrew Chen
Learning How to Read Is a Fundamental Human Right
Commentary If you don’t learn how to read in school, you won’t learn much of anything else. This ...
March 2, 2022
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Michael Zwaagstra
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