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Anti-trans school panic is about controlling kids

Anti-trans school panic is about controlling kids

Erika Shaker / Jon Milton

For gender-inclusive education, not one step back

Provincial anti-trans school policies are also attacks on public education

Provincial anti-trans school policies are also attacks on public education

Erika Shaker

What’s behind Saskatchewan and New Brunswick’s targeting of queer and trans youth?

Democracy and citizenship education: What’s missing?

Democracy and citizenship education: What’s missing?

Sheila Stevens
Canada’s silent crisis

Canada’s silent crisis

Sam Hammond

Teachers left waiting at the bargaining table

Leaps and bounds

Leaps and bounds

Noreen Cauley-Le Fevre / Codie Fortin Lalonde

Understanding the Carleton University Contract Instructors and Teaching Assistants’ strike (spring 2023)

Promises and perils of public-private partnerships

Promises and perils of public-private partnerships

Sue Winton
Occupational mental health: Wellness apps won’t cut it

Occupational mental health: Wellness apps won’t cut it

Ishani Weera
“Getting it done” Ontario’s agenda for college education

“Getting it done” Ontario’s agenda for college education

Diane Meaghan / Howard A. Doughty
Shapeshifting: P3s in Manitoba

Shapeshifting: P3s in Manitoba

Molly McCracken / Niall Harney
Monitoring the situation

Monitoring the situation

Chantal Mancini

CCPA materials illuminate lessons on inequality

Student debt relief would be a win for working class Canadians

Student debt relief would be a win for working class Canadians

Ryan Romard

Despite bad-faith arguments from opponents, the data makes clear that debt-holders are poorer than the average

Student debt is a gateway to lifelong financial instability

Student debt is a gateway to lifelong financial instability

Ryan Romard

The structure of student debt forces debt-holders into precarious financial positions early in life—and its difficult to get out

When it comes to higher education costs, tuition is just the tip of the iceberg

When it comes to higher education costs, tuition is just the tip of the iceberg

Ryan Romard

Making postsecondary education affordable means more than reducing fees

“Parental choice” is a dog-whistle—let’s recognize it as such

“Parental choice” is a dog-whistle—let’s recognize it as such

Erika Shaker

It’s less about choice, and more about privilege, privatization, populism, and patriarchy

Le financement des écoles ajusté à l’inflation a chuté de 1 200 $ par élève en Ontario

Le financement des écoles ajusté à l’inflation a chuté de 1 200 $ par élève en Ontario

Ricardo Tranjan

Le programme idéologique dirigé contre l’éducation publique se déploie à plein régime — les compressions financières se conjuguant à des changements de structures de gouvernance.

Inflation-adjusted school funding is down $1,200 per student since the Ford government came to power

Inflation-adjusted school funding is down $1,200 per student since the Ford government came to power

Ricardo Tranjan

The ideological agenda against public education is in high gear—with funding cuts coupled with structural governance changes.