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Woke Ideology Doesn’t Belong in Schools

on October 11th, 2022 by The Afro News

All students deserve a learning environment that is free of political indoctrination If you’ve been around for a while, you probably remember the phrase “politically correct.” Being called politically correct was not a compliment. Instead, it meant that you had an unhealthy obsession with not offending anyone, even if you had to say some rather

Filed under: Canadian News, International News, Letter to the Editor, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: All students, education

Why Can’t Canada Also Address Student Debt?

on August 29th, 2022 by The Afro News

America is taking a tentative step to help students. Canada needs to do much more to make post-secondary education affordable for all American President Joe Biden is wiping US$10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes under $125,000 a year or households that earn less than $250,000. He is also cancelling an additional

Filed under: Business, Canadian News, Education, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: college graduates, Debt, education, Loan, The average student loan debt in Canada

Every New Day Brings Its Promise

on April 5th, 2021 by Deidre Heim

 ‘I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it’

Filed under: Editor’s Note, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: education, immoral conduct, peaceful existence, Still I Rise by Maya Angelou, technology basket, The injustices on humanity continues, why is racism

How to Give Constructive Criticism – Your Mindset and Your Method of Delivery

on July 12th, 2019 by Helena Kaufman

approach criticism as feedback then it covers both what has been done right and it serves as a pathway to what can yet be accomplished – with more confidence, ease, technique and support.

Filed under: Business, Business, Communication Culture, Education, Self Improvement Tagged as: communication culture, Criticism in the work place is often masked as a compliment, education, feedback at work, Giving Criticism, helena kaufman, monitoring your mindset, team building, very important point of progress is to frame your criticism, work, Work place criticism

There’s no Critical Thinking Without a Base of Knowledge

on November 20th, 2016 by The Afro News

21st century learning advocates fail to recognize that critical thinking cannot take place when you know something about a subject The recent presidential election campaign was one of the worst in U.S. history. As the two candidates slugged it out, neither showed much interest in intelligent engagement. In many ways, it was a campaign of

Filed under: Education, Opinion/Comment, Point of View Tagged as: campaign of ignorance, Canadian education, education, knowledge about history, parliamentary democracy

Raise Parents’ Income to Improve a Child’s Health

on July 20th, 2016 by The Afro News

Social determinants like education, employment, early childhood development, housing, food security are critical to children’s health When parents bring a child into a clinic, they seek help for an acute illness or a longer-term problem. They expect the child can get a prescription from their health-care provider that will improve their immediate and lifelong health.

Filed under: Familly Matters, Health & Home Tagged as: children health, early childhood development, education, Employment, food security are critical, housing

Conversation with Dean Duperron President and CEO of the Duperron Group of Companies

on May 31st, 2016 by The Afro News

I think of myself as being blessed and fortunate in my life. I had the opportunity to experience life both as an impoverished and successful person and have the privilege of influencing and helping people change their life. As the Chinese proverb says if you want to plan for one year plant rice, if you want to plan for ten years plant trees if you want to plan for a century educate people.

Filed under: Business, Education, Features, The Bridge Tagged as: Dean Duperron, Duperron Group, education, homeless teenager, Sprott-Shaw college, YMCA

Back-to-School Planning for Returning Students

on September 8th, 2015 by The Afro News

Could a mid- to late-career return to college make sense for you? It’s essential to evaluate whether this is a financially risky move. In recent years, older Americans have been heading back to school part-time and during evenings in greater numbers than students of typical college age. According to the National Center for Education Statistics,

Filed under: Education, Finance Tagged as: Back to School, College, Community Colleges, education, financial emergencies, late-career, Nathaniel Sillin, Students

Building a Back-to-School Budget

on July 6th, 2015 by The Afro News

Back-to-school spending isn’t just about clothes and markers anymore. In 2014, Forbes reported that Accenture estimated (http://newsroom.accenture.com/images/20020/Graphic.pdf) that nearly half of respondents reported they would spend $500 or more on back-to-school expenses, including not only clothes and desk supplies, but electronics as well. Yet there’s one more aspect of back-to-school spending that’s growing and can

Filed under: Business, Education, The Bridge Tagged as: Back to School, education, Nathaniel Sillin, Visa financial

Make Exchange Programs Easier for Canadians, not Harder for Foreigners

on April 17th, 2015 by The Afro News

Ensure that young Canadians can obtain working holiday visas as easily and for as long as foreigners coming here Every year, about 60,000 foreign young people aged 18 to 30 take advantage of the reciprocal working holiday agreements that Canada has with some 28 countries. Such agreements allow young people from these countries to visit

Filed under: Education, Point of View Tagged as: education, Exchange Programs, Service Canada, Temporary Foreign Worker, young foreigners
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