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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Project ideas range from an electric car to establishing honeybee habitats Twenty-eight school projects across Canada have won $100,000 in grants during the sixth Green CommUnity School Grants program which aims to raise environmental consciousness among students. The projects included ideas ranged from arranging classes outside school buildings to making students aware of the importance [...]
International reading literacy study ranks BC fourth graders seventh in world Grade four students in British Columbia have been rated among the world’s top readers in the global Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). The influential study conducted in 45 countries and nine Canadian provinces, rated B.C. as one of the world’s top seven [...]
