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B.C. Premier David Eby pledges $300-million towards 1,508-bed student housing project at UBC
British Columbia is contributing about $300 million to build new housing for more than 1,500 students at the University of B.C. campus in Vancouver, a project that will cost a total of more than $550 million. The UBC sign is pictured at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, April 23, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Artificial turf is taking root on schoolyards, and even some skeptics are now ready-to-roll
A sign at the entrance to the Clarke Pulford Field at Northern Secondary School in Toronto asks visitors to respect the artificial turf, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)
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Back to school means back to the spotlight for Big Tech
Experts say this upcoming school year will put social media networks TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat back in the spotlight. A 11-year-old boy plays with his father's phone outside school in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Emilio Morenatti
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How to turn neurodiversity into a superpower
Jeff Karp
world
U.S. Supreme Court won’t allow LGBT student protection in certain states
FILE - The Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Trans teens file lawsuit challenging New Hampshire law banning them from girls’ sports
This photo provided by Jessica Vocaturo shows Iris Turmelle, 14. a transgender teen, who's family along with another family, filed a lawsuit Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, challenging a New Hampshire state law that bans them from playing on girls' sports teams at their public high schools. (Jessica Vocaturo via AP)
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Calgary daycares shut down by Alberta government over safety concerns pushing back
Signage is seen on the exterior of a daycare operated by Little Scholars in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Pitching in: Fundraising to educate children in Haiti
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 09: NKPR Founder and APJ Co-Chair Natasha Koifman attend the 15th Annual Artists For Peace And Justice Fundraiser During Toronto International Film Festival on September 09, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Ryan Emberley/Getty Images for Artists for Peace and Justice)
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More than 5,700 Quebec teaching positions unfilled weeks before new school year begins
Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville gives an update on this year's back to school situation during a news conference August 16 in Montreal. Quebec's education minister says there are still 5,704 teaching positions to be filled days before the fall school term begins. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith resigns two weeks before start of school year, replaced by Jill Dunlop
Todd Smith answers questions during the daily briefing at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Ontario child-care operators in the national $10-a-day program will soon be compensated in a way the province says will cover the true cost of providing care, after many said they were struggling to keep their doors open under the current structure. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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New slang, who dis? Explaining Gen Alpha terms for the new school year
A fake text exchange using slang terms is shown in this photo illustration shot in Toronto on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Staff
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Softbank-backed tutor-by-text service Paper cuts 45% of head office jobs, replaces founder
Phil Cutler, CEO of Paper, the fastest-growing software companies in Canada, for tutoring for kids poses in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, June 29, 2021. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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The students of Bangladesh are a model for the country’s future
Rumana Monzur
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Friendship bracelets meet guided meditations at a sleepover camp, giving tweens one more summer just being girls
(L-R): Campers Lyla and Jules, both 13, jump in the lake at the Power4Teens Tween Girls Overnight Outdoor Active Empowerment Camp in Kawartha Lakes on July 25, 2024.
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Alberta Premier Smith says legislation on school pronouns coming after September
Alberta Premier Daniel Smith speaks at a news conference in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Smith says her government will introduce legislation on new school pronoun rules after classes begin in September. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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In Canada I found hard work, but also hope
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Manitoba government follows other provinces in restricting cellphone use in schools
A person uses a cellphone in Ottawa on July 18, 2022. The Manitoba government is following other provinces in restricting the use of cellphones in classrooms beginning this school year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ontario reduces child-care fees, introduces new operator funding formula
<p>Todd Smith answers questions during the daily briefing at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Ontario child-care operators in the national $10-a-day program will soon be compensated in a way the province says will cover the true cost of providing care, after many said they were struggling to keep their doors open under the current structure. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn</p>
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School district racing to ready smoke-damaged Jasper schools in time for classes
Burnt buses and cars in Jasper, Alta., on July 26, 2024. An Alberta school district is in a race against time to clean up schools damaged by wildfires that tore through the town of Jasper, Alta., last month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Mathematicians to mark a century of progress in Toronto
(L-r) Kumar Murty, former director of The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, and Dr. Deirdre Haskell, interim director, are pictured at the institute in Toronto on August 11, 2024. The Fields Institute is hosting a symposium next week that marks the 100th anniversary of a major meeting of the world’s mathematicians, held in Toronto in August 1924. (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
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