Current Problems: Education (6-12)

Exploring Theme: "Systemic Racism"

Updates on this page: 4 (Filtered by Stakeholder "British Columbia")
 

February 7, 2024


Feds’ labour data shows wage gap for Indigenous workers

Canada’s National Observer: Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan launched labour data tool Equi’Vision on Friday. Photo from file by Carl Meyer. Listen to article A new tool created by Ottawa to reveal potential barriers in the workplace shows a significant gap in wages for Indigenous workers.  On Friday, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan launched a tool called Equi’Vision that...

September 6, 2023


More than 500 Indigenous classes won’t have a teacher this week: here’s what we should do

Amid national teacher shortages, Indigenous communities are struggling enormously to recruit and retain teachers. The Toronto Star: Students start school this week in Eabametoong First Nation, a community 360 km northeast of Thunder Bay, where seven teaching positions remain unfilled; this includes two all-important kindergarten teachers for students who are starting school for the very...

May 11, 2023


Opinion: To get Indigenous murder and suicide rates down, first face facts

Canadians need to agree on the hard fact of modern life that education is a prerequisite for economic success  NationTalk: Financial Post – From 2017 through 2021, 1.45 non-Indigenous Canadians in 100,000 died from homicide. Among Indigenous Canadians the rate was six times that: 8.88 in 100,000. That average masks a stark regional difference, however....

October 18, 2022


How School Trustees Can Lead on Reconciliation

Some districts have worked to support Indigenous students’ success while others lag. School boards can make the difference. The Tyee: School board election campaigns across B.C. saw a lot of attention focused on gender and sexuality inclusion and “parents’ rights.” But some candidates made reconciliation a major part of their platforms, and now comes the test. As...

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