Education

Ottawa has updated its policy for international graduates — but advocates say it hasn’t gone far enough to address longstanding issues and new pandemic realities.

TVO.org speaks with U of T professor Funké Aladejebi about mid-20th- century Black women teachers — “the early architects of anti-racist education in Canada.”

The Sudbury-based university entered creditor protection this week. TVO.org explains what that means — for students, the city, and the northeast.

OPINION: Some schools will be closed until at least February 10. Will they open on the 11th? A week later? A month? We still don’t really know.

The government has provided new information about funding, testing, and staffing. Read the full briefing.

OPINION: COVID-19 has brought uncertainty and terror for families. It’s my kids who keep me focused even when I’m feeling immense despair.

Since 1995, the York Region District School Board has partnered with Thornhill’s Giant Steps, a school and therapy centre. Now the board says the agreement is ending — and families worry kids will lose vital supports.

COVID-19 readiness plans. Quarantine. Delayed permits. International students who planned to attend college or university in this province are facing obstacles on their path back to the classroom.

In a present-day world undergoing significant social change, the province’s teachers are finding new ways to engage students about the past.

Some Ontario universities managed to do in one weekend what might otherwise have taken a decade to accomplish — going almost entirely virtual.

Starting next week, teachers will be hired according to merit rather than seniority. Not all support the move — or when and how it was made

With full tuition for online university courses still in place despite the pandemic, and employers looking for skills-based training, some say more and more students could forgo the university route.

In-person school can be risky — if it’s even an option full-time. But virtual studies often aren’t accessible. That leaves Ontario families struggling to make sure their kids will get an education during COVID-19.