Tag: Education

  • High Country Wrestling Week

    High Country Wrestling Week

    Four schools in the High Country – Millarville, Turner Valley, C. Ian McLaren and Longview – participated in wrestling clinics and a mini-tourney April 5-7. Thanks to financial support from the Black Diamond Amateur Wrestling Association, students worked with wrestling coaches Kelly Delany and Andy Ross. Schools then gathered at C. Ian McLaren on April…

  • Enrolment Growth Funding Supports Every Alberta Student

    Enrolment Growth Funding Supports Every Alberta Student

    The government is providing school authorities with funding, through Budget 2016, for enrolment growth. This will ensure that school authorities receive funding for all eligible Kindergarten-to-Grade-12 students. Many schools across the province are seeing an increase in their student populations. It is projected that provincial K-12 enrolment growth will be about 8,200 students – or…

  • C. Ian McLaren Students Win Silver at APEGA Science Olympics

    C. Ian McLaren Students Win Silver at APEGA Science Olympics

    Foothills School Division Trustee Jeannine Tucker applauded a team of grade 5 and 6 C. Ian McLaren students on winning an overall Silver Award at this science competition for grade 1-12 students held annually in Calgary. Under the guidance of teacher Jason Ash, students J.B., Makayla Brown, Ryan Nielsen, Connor Poyhia, Sven Goplen, and Umar…

  • Infrastructure Investment at the University of Calgary to Increase Space for Health and Social Work Programming

    Infrastructure Investment at the University of Calgary to Increase Space for Health and Social Work Programming

    A $17-million investment through Budget 2016 will allow the University of Calgary to explore redevelopment options for its oldest buildings. The Alberta government is committing $8.6 million each year for two years for the planning phase of the MacKimmie Block and Tower buildings and Professional Faculties redevelopment. Through the planning stage, University of Calgary officials…

  • Welcoming and Respectful Learning Environments in Foothills School Division

    Welcoming and Respectful Learning Environments in Foothills School Division

    Trustees gave final reading, in April, to Policy 18 – Welcoming, Safe, Caring, Inclusive and Respectful Learning Environments. The Division is still awaiting feedback from the Education Minister on Policy 18 and Administrative Procedure 350 – Student Code of Conduct, submitted prior to the Ministry’s March 31, 2016 deadline. Read more about this on the…

  • Leading the Way to More Inclusive Health Care

    Leading the Way to More Inclusive Health Care

    Student advocacy committee wins Community Leader Award for improving how health professionals connect with LGBTQ patients. By Bev Betkowski Most of us wouldn’t hesitate to see a doctor for a checkup. But if you’re gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, it can be a less than comfortable experience. Inspired to change that, a group of University…

  • Green Streak Runs to Eight Straight

    Green Streak Runs to Eight Straight

    UAlberta named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for eighth year in a row. By Michael Brown When the University of Alberta created the Office of Sustainability in 2008, it did so not to fend off apathy, but rather to link the university’s growing appetite to do right by the environment with the pockets of sustainability…

  • Celebrate Education Week May 2-6

    Celebrate Education Week May 2-6

    Minister David Eggen issued the following statement on Education Week (May 2-6): “Education Week provides the opportunity to celebrate the importance of education and to highlight the great work being done in schools across Alberta. ‘Learning Together’, this year’s theme, acknowledges that the strength of Alberta’s great Kindergarten-to-Grade-12 education system comes from not only working…

  • Canada Wins Big in Shell Eco-Marathon Americas in Detroit

    Canada Wins Big in Shell Eco-Marathon Americas in Detroit

    Shell Eco-marathon is a unique competition that challenges students around the world to design, build and drive the most energy-efficient car. With three annual events in Asia, Americas and Europe, student teams take to the track to see who goes further on the least amount of fuel. Driving the future of mobility After a year…

  • Province Helps Former Youth in Care Train for Rewarding Careers

    Province Helps Former Youth in Care Train for Rewarding Careers

    As part of the Alberta Jobs Plan, the living allowance for the Advancing Futures Bursary is being increased to help former youth in care focus on education as they prepare for careers. “Every Albertan deserves the opportunity to pursue education and training to prepare them for a successful future. Our government recognizes its responsibility and…

  • Serving up a Pure Prairie Celebration

    Serving up a Pure Prairie Celebration

    Catherine Chan and Rhonda Bell, the team behind the Pure Prairie Eating Plan, celebrate their Community Connections Award with a springtime backyard party, Pure Prairie style. By Bridget Stirling, University of Alberta This year’s Community Scholar Award winners, Catherine Chan and Rhonda Bell, know a thing or two about the benefits of enjoying a fresh…

  • Calls to End Independent Schools in Alberta Wrong-Headed

    Calls to End Independent Schools in Alberta Wrong-Headed

    Private schools and charter schools actually reduce the strain on Alberta budget By Deani Van Pelt and Jason Clemens, The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C. / Troy Media/ – While parents in Alberta have more choice for their children’s education than Canadians in most other provinces, that level of choice may soon be reduced by the current government…

  • Parents Will Pay Higher Prices to Send Their Kids to School Under NDP Carbon Tax: Smith

    Parents Will Pay Higher Prices to Send Their Kids to School Under NDP Carbon Tax: Smith

    EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government should come clean on the full cost of the carbon tax in classrooms across Alberta and the higher bus and school fees that will be paid by parents, Wildrose Shadow Education Minister Mark Smith said today. A media estimate pegs the cost increase for filling the tanks of the 500…

  • Mental Health Benefits of Outdoor Adventures on Young Adults

    Mental Health Benefits of Outdoor Adventures on Young Adults

    By Leslie Macmillan Adolescents and young adults are spending less time outdoors and more time glued to screens—computer, TV, tablet and cell phones, according to numerous studies. A 2015 Australian study published in BMC Public Health found that 70 percent of ninth-grade boys use screens for more than two hours a day; screen time is…

  • SAIT’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Ranked Top 50 in the World

    SAIT’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Ranked Top 50 in the World

    SAIT’s School of Hospitality and Tourism was named one of the Top 50 Hospitality and Hotel Management Schools in the world in 2015 by CEOWORLD Magazine. The ranking is based on a survey of 18,000 hospitality recruiters and senior managers of luxury hotels around the world. SAIT is the only Canadian institution on the list.…