Salaries in new contract for Manitoba teachers ‘astronomical’
The province’s most veteran and highly trained educators will earn upwards of $125,000, regardless of where they work.
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Pencils down: planned provincial high school exams cancelled for next year
Manitoba Education’s newest project suggests supporters of timed and anxiety-inducing exams have lost the latest tug-of-war over the provincewide assessment program.
Calling for more equity on school boards
The new report recommends the creation of a special trustee caucus to “provide a vehicle to strengthen the presence of racialized voices at the school board level.”
U of M ex-dean should be disbarred: law society
The regulatory body is also seeking compensation for the time required to investigate hundreds of pages of written documents, the length of proceedings – which spanned a cumulative total of seven days of public hearings, including Tuesday – and related honorariums.
Emotional support and belly rubs: trail-blazing in-school therapy dog retires
George Waters administration organized a farewell assembly for their trail-blazing canine before the winter break. There were handmade cards, treats and emotional goodbyes at the middle school.
Trustees call on province to boost number of Indigenous teachers
Elected officials from two city school divisions, St. James-Assiniboia and Winnipeg, have co-written a letter to call attention to representation gaps in kindergarten-to-Grade 12 classrooms.
Report reveals significant pay differences between Winnipeg, rural school support staff
A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released Friday exposes the disparities among school division salary grids across the province.
‘Antisemitic propaganda’ removed from U of M as tensions rise
The University of Manitoba has torn down “antisemitic propaganda” that appeared on campus — dozens of posters that characterized the late Izzy Asper as a fascist sympathizer — and contacted police to investigate.
University of Manitoba nursing student suspended, accused of antisemitic posts
The 25-year-old, who calls herself “an advocate by nature and humanitarian by heart,” has represented peers as president of the U of M Nursing Students’ Association and vice-president of the Arab Students’ Association.
Brookside Cemetery named national historic site
The government of Canada announced it is honouring the burial ground established in 1878 to acknowledge its historical significance to the country.