ETFO conference timely given May 17 International Day Against Homophobia TORONTO, May 11, 2012 /CNW/ – A first-ever Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) symposium to help teachers establish GSAs for Grades 7 and 8 students in public elementary schools is being sponsored by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) this weekend. The conference is being held [...]

TELUS Toronto Community Board gives $20,000 to Regent Park School of Music; students to perform at annual TELUS Celebration of Giving TORONTO, May 2, 2012 /CNW/ – Regent Park School of Music (RPSM) today introduced their latest after-school program, Baddest Beatz, which teaches youth music production using computer software. The school launched the program thanks [...]

LONDON, ON, April 26, 2012 /CNW/ – Today, the Monsanto Fund announced a $76,000 investment in Let’s Talk Science, a national, non-profit, science outreach organization. The investment allows Let’s Talk Science to support the current and future needs of Grade 8-12 educators in rural areas and develop web-based programs and services to match these needs. [...]

Dr. Louis Fortier awarded $50,000 prize for Lifetime Achievement at International Polar Year Conference TORONTO and MONTREAL, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ – Against the backdrop of a new survey that reveals an overwhelming majority (94 percent) of Canadians agree that students should learn more about Canada’s arctic resources and the role of northern science, The [...]

OTTAWA, April 24, 2012 /CNW/ – Students will fight to reject the new agreement recently signed between Access Copyright and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). The agreement will impose new fees on students, restrict the accessibility of educational material and raise concern for the respect of privacy of students and faculty. [...]