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Teachers struggling after surge of refugees, U of W education expert says.
CBC News Manitoba. January 3, 2017.
TDSB serves 136,000 meals to students each day as child poverty rises.
CBC News Toronto. January 3, 2017.
Need your GED? It’s now free to take your high school equivalency test.
CBC News Nova Scotia. January 9, 2017.
Income assistance keeps Manitobans at 50-70 per cent of poverty line: Protesters.
CBC News Manitoba. January 6, 2017.
Today’s news includes articles about education, and securing well-paying jobs from various news sources.
94% of Ontario university grads have secured well-paying jobs two years after graduation: Government Survey.
Council of Ontario Universities. December 14, 2016.
Indigenous Peoples, Canada and the Possibility of Reconciliation.
Institute for Research on Public Policy. November 17, 2016
KSA To Campaign For Open Education Resources.
The Runner. December 12, 2016.
NWT Educators want GNWT to fully fund junior kindergarten.
Yellowknife News. December 9, 2016.
Loyalist College Launches Community Integration Through Co-operative Education (CICE) Program.
Loyalistcollege.com. December 9, 2016.
ACORN Canada
Canada’s most vulnerable people are being denied access to banking services.
Rabble.ca. December 14, 2016.
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