Tag Archives: Education

Historic moments in the Battlefords; ML sees council shakeup
With the cast of a single ballot unseating a councillor with over two decades of experience at the table and the election of the first woman mayor, the Battlefords have emerged from two historic elect...
Nov 14, 2024

Labour market needs drive SaskPoly student growth
A three percent growth in the number of students enrolled at the four SaskPolytechnic campuses in Saskatchewan is being driven by a demand for labour. With a total of 11,849 students, Dr. Larry Rosia,...
Nov 03, 2024

CLCFN celebrates new CFS Safe Home
The Kanaweyiminan "Take care of us" CFS Safe Home is now a reality in Canoe Lake Cree First Nation.Nearly 30 students had a part in the facitlity's construction and they handed over the keys to the br...
Nov 02, 2024

STF calls for newly re-elected government action on education funding shortfall
With the provincial election recently completed and the Saskatchewan Party's green flag once again swaying in the Legislative Building, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) has expressed its re...
Oct 30, 2024

From pain to strength: survivors walk the path of healing
Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the subject matter of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419.Sunchild Law held its 12th annual Battlefo...
Sep 30, 2024

'Rising up in love': Meadow Lake celebrates Orange Shirt Day
With a microphone in her hand at the Meadow Lake Civic Centre, Vitaline Read shared a story with school children, community members and other survivors of her time in the Beauval Indian Residential Sc...
Sep 30, 2024

'Step by step' : Educators see progress in Truth and Reconciliation education
A little girl pointed up at the wall of her school gym and said, "Look, there's a Mtis flag up there." To anyone else hearing that, it may have just been a comment in passing, but for Sherron Burns, i...
Sep 27, 2024

Challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law gets its day in court
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.A judge ruled...
Sep 23, 2024

Court to hear appeal arguments over challenge to Saskatchewan's pronoun law
Saskatchewan's Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at schoo...
Sep 23, 2024

Sask. post-secondary institutions navigating effects of international student cap
While the full impact of a cap on international students in Canada remains to be seen, some of the post-secondary institutes in Saskatchewan expect it will be minimal here, considering how the provinc...
Sep 21, 2024