Tag Archives: Toronto District School Board

Toronto District School Board to cut 248 secondary school teachers

March 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

TORONTO – The Toronto District School Board has voted in favour of cutting 248 secondary school teacher positions. Eight vice-principal positions were also eliminated as Canada’s largest school board tries to trim a $55 million deficit. Special education teachers and … read more »

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Canada: Schools open but buses cancelled as storm hits GTA

February 8, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

TORONTO - The full force of winter is expected to be felt across the GTA Friday. The snow started falling late Thursday afternoon and the GTA will probably be digging out 15 to 25 cm by Friday afternoon. Early Friday morning, both … read more »

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Somali Canadian community joins politicians to hear and be heard

November 25, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Jayme Poisson At the end of a day spent talking about some of the most intractable issues in this city, Laurel Broten, the province’s education and now newly minted children and youth minister, gave this message to Toronto’s Somali … read more »

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The University enrollment controversy in Canada

December 17, 2010 by benim

When Alexandra and her friend Rachel, both graduates of Toronto’s Havergal College, an all-girls private school, were deciding which university to go to, they didn’t even bother considering the University of Toronto. “The only people from our school who went … read more »

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