Education
FEATURED Saskatoon Catholic teachers advised to skip ‘rainbow tent’ at kids festival, sparks outrage
The Greater Saskatoon Catholic School (GSCS) division has been accused of prejudice after a picture of an email, allegedly from the superintendent, tells teachers not to attend the Rainbow Tent at a Saskatoon children’s festival.
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The picture displays an email circulated online Thursday sent to the division’s elementary school principals about the Nutrien Children’s Festival (NCF).
The NCF is targeted at children from two- to 12-years-old.
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Read MoreAn Edmonton teacher was charged with child luring and child pornography — and is now being investigated for similar offences related to an ongoing investigation in Florida — by ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit.
On Saturday, Brennan Horman, 27, was arrested at his St. Albert home with the assistance of St. Albert RCMP and the RCMP Major Crimes Unit (MCU).
He was was charged with child luring, making, transmitting, and possessing child pornography, in relation to sex offences he allegedly committed against a female youth in Parkland County.
Authorities in Florida were investigating the disappearance of a female youth and had information that Gorman may have had knowledge of her disappearance.
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Read MoreAn Ontario children’s aid society is organizing a multi-week drag queen story time for “all children and their caregivers” as part of a Youth Pride program.
Nearly half a dozen libraries have partnered with the Durham Children’s Aid Society to put on drag queen performances for kids, including Oshawa Public Libraries, Whitby Public Library, Pickering Public library, Brock Libraries and elsewhere.
“This family-friendly program will showcase stories celebrating diversity and inclusion,” wrote the Durham Children’s Aid Society.
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Read MoreThe Peel District School Board (PDSB) said with Pride Month approaching, it will continue its commitment to sexual minority identities and celebrate and affirm them.
“Memo sent to all @PeelSchools staff in preparation for Pride Month backlash from parents,” said former Ontario high school teacher Chanel Pfahl in a Thursday tweet.
PDSB Superintendent of Equity, Indigenous Education, School Engagement, and Community Relations Lisa Hart and Executive Lead-Human Rights Jasmine Dunn said in a letter when addressing sexual minority identities and issues, staff need to apply an intersectional lens.
“To fully understand an individual’s experience based on their identities, we need to acknowledge the impacts of intersecting systems of oppression and privilege given our social context,” said Hart and Dunn.
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Read MoreThe state of Montana passed a new law which is banning drag queen story hour and will prohibit drag queens from reading children’s books and engaging in other learning activities with minors present.
The legislation, Bill 359, which went into effect immediately after being signed Monday, also prohibits minors from attending drag shows.
The law also bans drag performances from occurring on public property where children could be present.
“A school or library that receives any form of funding from the state may not allow a sexually oriented performance or drag story hour … on its premises during regular operating hours or at any school-sanctioned extracurricular activity,” the legislation states.
“A sexually oriented business may not allow a person under 18 years of age to enter the premises of the business during a sexually oriented performance.”
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Read MoreFor four decades during the latter half of the 20th century, Poland and its people were the subjects of a grand socio-economic experiment. Under the watchful eye of its Soviet masters, the Polish United Workers’ Party transformed the mixed economy of this nation of 35 million into a centrally planned, socialist state (albeit one with an irrepressible black market). Then, in the closing decade of the 20th century, under the leadership of Polish minister of finance Leszek Balcerowicz, the nation was transformed back into a mixed economy.
In this book, we document the results of this experiment. We show that there was a wide chasm between the lofty goals of socialist ideology and the realities of socialism as the Polish people experienced them. We also show that while the transition back from a socialist to a mixed economy was not without its own pain, it did unleash the extraordinary productive power of the Polish people, allowing their standard of living to rise at more than twice the rate of growth that prevailed during the socialist era. The experiences of the Poles, like those of so many behind the Iron Curtain, demonstrate the value of economic freedom, the immiserating consequences of its denial, and the often painful process of regaining lost freedoms.
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Read MoreOTTAWA, ON – Twelve remarkable young leaders will soon begin a nine-month journey as Cardus NextGEN Fellows. These Canadians from diverse backgrounds will be the third group to participate in the fellowship program focused on vocation, leadership, and public life.
The 2023 NextGEN Fellows are:
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Read MoreHonourable Stephen Lecce
I am writing to you regarding an item of Schedule 3 Ontario College of Teachers Act of Bill 98 that reads:
6 (1) Clause 26 (5)(d) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: (d) take such action as it considers appropriate in the circumstances and that is not inconsistent with this Act, the regulations or the by-laws, including, (i) issuing a caution, reminder, advice or admonishment to the person complained against, or (ii) requiring the member to complete remedial training or education.
This change will enable the OCT to require its members to undergo remedial training or education without any proof of guilt, at their own cost, and force its members to endure humiliation, undue stress and disruption brought upon their lives and well-being.
It is no secret that during the past few years, the number of complaint cases against teachers has increased, many of which are a direct result of the superficial social sensitivity promoted through the current political and social culture. Most of the complaints of this nature are against OCT members who have opposing views of the currently dominant far-left narrative, and they have dared to express their opinion on their personal social media.
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Read MoreThe Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW) says its “Equity Committee” must be at least 50% non-male and 50% non-white in order to have “gender and racial parity.”
In a recruitment email obtained by Quilette editor Jonathan Kay, the association writes that “per our terms of reference, the Equity Committee seeks applications from women, nonbinary, and trans folks in order to maintain gender parity.”
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