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Canada’s Crises Call for Leadership Rooted in Proven Principles 

on January 28th, 2025 by The Afro News

Economist Thomas Sowell offers Canada a roadmap to overcome its current economic and political crises  In 2024, the economic and political deterioration of our beleaguered country accelerated. There’s no better reference in searching for solutions than the great American economist Thomas Sowell.  Sowell was born into a family of North Carolina sharecroppers in 1930. He

Filed under: Canadian News, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: economist, education, political crises, welfare state

Canada Needs to Become Trump Proof, Not Trump Worthy

on January 6th, 2025 by The Afro News

Blind alignment with Trump’s policies will cost Canada dearly. We must chart a course to withstand U.S. political instability  Since Nov. 6, when it became clear that Donald Trump had won the U.S. presidency for a second time, Canadians have been swamped by hot takes about what it could mean for us. The speculation has

Filed under: Business, Canadian News, Features, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: Canadian exports, digital services tax, education, health care

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
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