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over 2 years ago
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Amid back-to-school turmoil, York’s controversial hybrid classrooms embraced by some families

Heavily criticized learning model offers a fallback for families as Omicron cases continue to surge.

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | No snow day? Sometimes it’s okay to choose the slippery slope

In the wake of a blizzard, we decided to err on the side of joy.

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | For Doug Ford’s government, the selfish freedom to decide not to be vaccinated trumps t...

The provincial government encourages you to get vaccinated. But are they going to force a choice on that? No, they ar...

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over 2 years ago
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‘The irony was not lost on me’: Technical problems plague session aimed at helping York teachers ...

Teachers say technology issues that marred a hybrid learning training day only highlighted the daily challenges they ...

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over 2 years ago
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York school board staff objected to controversial hybrid learning model, but senior leaders pushe...

Other school boards rejected the despised hybrid learning model for elementary schools, but the York public board opt...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | University of Toronto hiring scandal is tainting the Tax Court – and it seems nobody is...

As the Canadian Association of University Teachers lifts rare censure of U of T over hiring fiasco, a quiet ban on Mu...

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over 2 years ago
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‘We are going home and crying every day’: Teachers, parents give York school board a failing grad...

Teachers are stressed and students are lonely as York board grapples with the hybrid learning model, in which student...

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almost 3 years ago
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COVID cancelled sports and prom. These Toronto high school students refused to let it stop their ...

‘What these kids have done is remarkable.’ The odds were against them, but these North Albion Collegiate Institute st...

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almost 3 years ago
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How a workplace investigation at York University has left this Black professor and his supporters...

Mental health accommodations not met. Issues with an investigator left to fester. Why thousands are rallying to suppo...

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about 3 years ago
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Ontario hasn’t ruled out reopening schools where COVID cases low, but concerns remain

Sources told the Star it’s not out of the question, but it will be up to the chief medical officer of health, Dr. Dav...

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about 3 years ago
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Lawsuit alleges teen endured years of abuse by fellow students at provincially run school for the...

“Incidents of violence and harassment” by fellow students were “condoned,” according to lawsuit filed by teen who att...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Michaëlle Jean faces mounting pressure to boycott U of T after law school’s hiring fiasco

Black intellectuals join growing chorus of academics asking former governor general Michaëlle Jean to cancel speech a...

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about 3 years ago
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New education director leaves York Catholic school board after just one month on the job

New, interim leader to be named this week

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about 3 years ago
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Toronto schools to shut down Wednesday as COVID cases rise

Move follows Peel Region and Guelph area, which have also moved students online in the week prior to spring break

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about 3 years ago
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Teachers to get COVID-19 vaccine in July

School staff included in list of people slated to be vaccinated at the end of Phase 2 of Ontario’s vaccine rollout.

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about 3 years ago
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Ontario allowing some before and after-school programs to expand hours

The change was welcomed by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada and the YMCA, but opposed by some child-care advocates ...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Ontario’s talk about school reopening clouded by a lack of numbers behind the decision ...

With cases high but moving in the right direction under lockdowns, what to do about schools, whose safe reopening sho...

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over 3 years ago
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‘Deeply concerning’ or unfair ‘attack’? High profile COVID adviser under fire for possible conflict

Doctor who advises province on COVID-19 measures faces backlash over consultancy work with teachers union.

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over 3 years ago
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Ontario urged to expand COVID testing in schools in wake of ‘scary’ results at Thorncliffe Park

New Democrat MPP Marit Stiles says ‘the issue is protecting staff and students by knowing the extent of COVID-19 cases’

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over 3 years ago
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‘She had a huge heart.’ Beloved Toronto Catholic elementary school staffer dies after contracting...

News of COVID-19 death of staff member at St. Francis de Sales elementary school “hit like a bombshell,” trustee said.

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over 3 years ago
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Where have all the kids gone? In an unprecedented year, thousands of students haven’t turned up a...

This year’s overwhelming number of no-show students presents one more challenge in a year that’s already had far more...

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over 3 years ago
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TDSB scrambles to accommodate virtual learners as expanding online school becomes ‘untenable’

Memo sent to principals says virtual school was not “developed to support such a large number of students” and urges ...

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