Education

Education

BC human rights commissioner calls for study on school police liaison officers after Victoria School Board firing

Robyn Bell
February 6, 2025

Kasari Govender says the education minister has essentially made police in schools "mandatory"

Education

Education minister fires Victoria School Board en masse

Robyn Bell
January 31, 2025

The board has been accused of governance issues, not assisting a special adviser, and failing to work with community partners.

Education

Victoria Indigenous language hub seeks new funding following feds' renewal rejection

Victoria Native Friendship Centre finds itself in a funding deficit for its language program

Education

Arts programming and extracurricular youth activities in Victoria receive provincial funding

Grants that help communities thrive are the focus of a financial boost from the province

Education

Wage announcement not a panacea for child-care access woes in Victoria

The wage enhancement indirectly addresses two core issues that limit the province’s ability to fulfill the British Columbia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement

Education

As COVID cases surge once again, parents are asking how clean is the air in our schools?

Mark Brennae
October 17, 2023

Ensuring the air is clean in our classrooms is one component that would help to prevent a 'tripledemic' of COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu, according to Protect Our Province BC

Education

More capacity to implement BC federal child-care agreement needed

BC slow out of the blocks to implement its affordable child-care agreement with the feds

Education

As UVic makes cuts over budget shortfall, faculty and unions call for BC to change its model

Job losses stem from Island universities’ overreliance on international student money, open letter argues