KNOX – One last current events quiz as the school year comes to a close
GOOD MORNING, CLASS. As the school year ends, please note that studies warn the “summer slide” — that is, the loss of knowledge during vacation — typically costs [Continue]
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GUEST COLUMN – A response to critics of our school system
By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist I HAVE SELDOM passed up an opportunity to respond to publicly aired criticisms of our school system, such as letters to the editor, FaceBook [Continue]
PETERS – Here’s what we should build into our new normal post-pandemic
THE PHRASE ‘NEW NORMAL’ has become so overused to become cliched, but there are several practices we have learned during this COVID-19 pandemic that should become our new [Continue]
JOHNSON – TRU Law admissions process needs fixing
By DAVID JOHNSON SO, WE HEAR this week that 42 potential law students who filed applications with and were actually accepted to Thompson Rivers University’s law program [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Colonial schools maybe, colonial monuments not
SOME OF CANADA’s Indigenous people have decided to keep their residential schools despite the fact that they hold so many painful memories. One of those is the largest [Continue]
BEPPLE – Canadian mosaic is a place both of tensions and opportunities
IN THIS PERIOD between National Indigenous Peoples Day, on June 21, and Canada Day, on July 1, there is a feeling of ambiguity of who we really are. How can we claim to [Continue]
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