Exploring Theme: "Curriculum Revisions"

NationTalk: TORONTO—The curriculum guides for Ontario elementary and high school students are lacking in specific Canadian history content, and are not organized chronologically to give students a solid foundational knowledge of the nation’s past, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Ontario students are not...

Pull the plug and start over pleads a panel of experts asked by the province to weigh in. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. He blogs at AlbertaPolitics.ca. Follow him on X @djclimenhaga. The Tyee: How bad is the social studies curriculum the United Conservative Party wants...

Bill 96, the Quebec language bill will take full effect next fall and some educators are saying it creates issues for Indigenous students APTN News: Law 14, Quebec’s new language law, commonly known as Bill 96, will take full effect next fall. The legislation requires students attending English junior colleges in the province to complete...

People for Education makes key recommendations to adhere to 11 calls to action NationTalk: Huntsville Forester – On April 23, People for Education released a progress report, Still Waiting for Truth and Reconciliation, on Indigenous education in Ontario. People for Education is an independent, non-partisan, charitable organization working to support and advance public education through research, policy...

Release of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies Curriculum for Grades 9 – 12 by Ministry of Education. The 10 courses making up the revised curriculum are not mandatory as recommended by the TRC C2A # 62 but are “electives”. On July 10, 2018, the newly elected Conservative government cancelled curriculum writing sessions initiated by...