The global trade war launched by the U.S. has evoked the “elbows up” rally cry in Canada. It’s most often associated with NHL legend Gordie Howe but any small kid playing hockey knows what it means when they square off against a big kid in the corner. Elbows are the...
OTTAWA — The Canadian labour market felt a chill in February with employment “virtually unchanged” from the month before, Statistics Canada said Friday. The Canadian economy added just 1,100 jobs last month, the agency said, well below the 76,000 jobs added in...
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday railed against what he called tremendously high Canadian tariffs on dairy and lumber, and said his administration could impose reciprocal tariffs on Canadian products as early as Friday. “Canada has been ripping us...
United States President Donald Trump has made a series of high-profile threats against Canada and other countries since his second term began a month ago — but his proposed educational reforms also require serious attention. Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s...
In the wake of Donald Trump’s reelection, the United States has lurched further toward a democratic crisis. Institutions once considered stable now feel precarious. The assault on truth — already well underway — has intensified, with political leaders openly flouting...
ack history for Black students and all students — ignored for too long in history textbooks and teaching. To this urgent issue we bring our combined research and educational expertise. Nanre Nafziger, the first author of this story, has researched how Black/African...
Two years since the release of ChatGPT, teachers and institutions are still struggling with assessment in the age of artical intelligence (AI). Some have banned AI tools outright. Others have turned to AI tools only to abandon them months later or have called for...
United States President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender and gender diverse (trans) women athletes from competing in women’s sports, at the beginning of his presidential term on Feb. 5, showed the president accelerating a long-standing moral...
Most English-language learning classrooms use conventional teaching methods that focus on grammar drills, vocabulary memorization, reading comprehension and structured writing tasks — all with the emphasis on language accuracy. Unfortunately, these teaching methods...
As Canada prepares to close the book on the Justin Trudeau era, some will be happy to watch him go. But in Canada’s haste to see him out the door, let’s not forget his government’s significant achievements. His strong performance in the ongoing showdown with United...
