Expert suggests investing income tax refund in RESP With the average income tax refund at approximately $1,700 according to the Canada Revenue Agency, families with young children ought to be looking at making contributions to a Registered Education Savings Plan to secure their education. Parents with young children can defer paying down the mortgage, springing [...]
Stoney Nakoda Elementary School investment for First Nations education Aboriginal Affairs minister Bernard Valcourt joined First Nation leaders, staff and students of Stoney Tribe to celebrate the opening of the new Stoney Nakoda Elementary School. Stony Tribe is located 60 kilometres west of Calgary and consists of three First Nations: Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley. “The new school [...]
4 University of Calgary researchers receive $2.9 M in funding for research Four University of Calgary researchers will receive a Canada Research Chair grant from the federal government to fund their academic research. Faculty of Medicine researcher Aaron Goodarzi will receive a multi-year Canada Research Chair in Genome Damage and Instability Disease for the first [...]
But public schools account for half of fastest improving schools in 2013 Fraser Institute report The Fraser Institute has released its annual report on elementary schools in B.C. which is dominated by private institutions. Of the 853 schools covered in the Fraser Institute report this year, 12 are vying for the top spot. The only [...]
42 Alberta elementary schools have improved academic performance According to the Fraser Institute, 42 Alberta elementary schools have improved their annual rankings over five years. “Our report shows that all schools are capable of improvement, regardless of the personal or family challenges their students might face,” said Peter Cowley, Fraster Institute school performance studies director. “If educators [...]
Surrey Board of Trade wants more post secondary education spots in Surrey, South Fraser region The Surrey Board of Trade released a six-page paper this week demanding the government to focus on post secondary education in Surrey and the South Fraser region. Titled Can the future learn in Surrey? the paper points out to a [...]
Teaching agreement offers salary certainty, formal role in policy making The province has offered, but a 10 year teaching agreement with public school teachers that would allow instructors more say in education policy and offers them a salary certainty is getting negative feedback. Titled Working Together For Students: A Framework For Long Term Stability In [...]
New Emily Carr Art + Design building expected to be ready for 2016 The province is investing $113 million in a new building for the Art + Design school of Emily Carr University’s Great Northern Way campus. The university and other donors will raise the remaining $21 million needed to complete the project which is [...]
Support staff agreements cover 1,100 employees at three B.C. universities The Post-Secondary Employers’ Association (PSEA) and three unions have ratified agreements with the province, ensuring support staff at three institutions will remain on the job. The four-year agreements – between CUPE 1858 and Vancouver Island University, CUPE 3479 and North Island University and COPE 378 [...]
