We minimize, revise and ignore history at our own peril
GERRY CHIDIAC: Confronting the horrors of our past and trying to make things right isn’t an easy task but a peace comes from doing the right thing (PREMIUM)
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Category: Education
Stuck in a dangerous information echo chamber
MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA: When we limit our media consumption to one side of the political spectrum, we get a distorted picture of reality (FREE)
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Religious freedom equals educational freedom
DAVID HUNT: The claim that merging Ontario’s government-run and Catholic school systems will save “an estimated $1.6 billion a year” is blarney (FREE)
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‘Teacher, teacher! Can we do some colouring?’
MAURICE TOUGAS: A glimpse at Alberta’s controversial new social studies curriculum, through the eyes of a Grade 2 class in the not-too-distant future ($34)
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Cancel culture simply cancels diversity and honest debate
GERRY CHIDIAC: Cancel culture shuts people out. It doesn’t make their ideas go away, but it can make them fester in very unhealthy and destructive ways ($29)
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Reducing the bloat at Alberta’s universities and colleges
FRANCO TERRAZZANO: Universities and colleges need to continue to tighten their belts like everyone else (FREE)
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Poverty often at the root of racism, hate
GERRY CHIDIAC: Teaching critical thinking skills is vital in promoting honest and respectful dialogue. Yet schools are underfunded ($29)
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Students will be stuck paying the pandemic debt tab
JASMINE MOULTON: The lingering financial fallout from the pandemic will cost our students for the rest of their lives (FREE)
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Religious ignorance is on the rise but we can combat it in our schools
MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA: Ignorance is the surest path to misunderstanding. And if it’s not addressed, misunderstanding quickly descends into intolerance (FREE)
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Why we need to maintain performance-based education
CAITLAN ROSE MORGANTE: Instead of pursuing the unattainable ideal of academic equality, we should focus on redefining our idea of educational success (FREE)
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‘Five-minute rule’ for organ harvesting holds true for cardiac death
HEALTH: Research undertaken in an effort to reassure families, recipients and medical staff about organ donation and transplantation (FREE)
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More spending on public schools not producing better results in Ontario
TEGAN HILL and JASON CLEMENS: Quebec spending per student is 13.6% less than in Ontario, and the lowest of any province, yet Quebec students achieve comparable results to students in Ontario (FREE)
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