Schools

A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught, is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 14 November 2024 English

This study aims to highlight the key supply chain barriers in localizing electric vehicle (EV) battery cell manufacturing in India. It summarizes consultations with 12 companies working on battery cell …

advanced technical universities and engineering schools can provide the workforce to support the country’s


DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English

The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …

and healing for the Survivors of resi- dential schools, to the fundamental work of upholding the inherent constitution talks to Oka and Indian residential schools. Second, there is wealth in Georges’s story for of being colonized and sent to residential-type schools run by the Christian churches and funded by governments


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …

of colonial unconsciousness, Indian residential schools were still operating in Canada. Awakening to because, as stated by survivors of residential schools, it is my responsibility as a Canadian: Whether about the devastating effects of residen- tial schools. Numbers 150,000 broken souls, crying in darkness which was rigorously implemented in residential schools, was an attack on Indigenous peoples. It was a Canadian government policies, including residential schools, and to recognize and implement the health-care


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it …

operations across the country; closed bor- ders, schools, public and recreational spaces, and businesses peo- ple are more likely to live alone and use schools, campuses, bars, clubs, restaurants, sports teams considering social-distancing mea- sures, closing schools, and cancelling mass events, but emphasized that facilities and hospitals, remote learning for schools, work-at-home directives, testing and iso- lation


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English

“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …

assimilation program—from which Indian Residential Schools emerged—and complicated the transmission of Anishinaabe harvested by their families. Indian Residential Schools thus interfered with the intergenerational transmission inter- generational impact of Indian boarding schools on Native Americans and their lands and waters


DDN: Dundurn Press · 5 November 2024 English

“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …

Do kids with Down syndrome even go to regular schools? In that moment, on the beach, I’m not sure, but


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 29 October 2024 English

This introductory human resource management (HRM) textbook provides students with an overview of the major domains of human resource management (the “how-to”) with a focus on the practical application of …

and beliefs into future work- ers. For example, schools train children to obey authority (under threat COVID- 19 pandemic. The closure of daycares and schools (functionally a form of child care) downloaded in some way, it is possible to discern broad schools of thought about employment and conflict: uni-


DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English

“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …

to begin. When Camille began researching grad schools, we’d never heard of CalArts. Known among Hollywood


Fraser Institute · 24 October 2024 English

New survey shows Canadian parents with kids in K-12 schools, and parents in British Columbia, find letter grades on report cards significantly clearer and easier to understand than the BC government’s


Fraser Institute · 24 October 2024 English

New survey shows Canadian parents with kids in K-12 schools, and parents in British Columbia, find letter grades on report cards significantly clearer and easier to understand than the BC government’s

correctly identify new ‘descriptive’ grading terms in schools Oct. 24, 2024 For Immediate Release VANCOUVER—The provincial government’s new “descriptive” grading in schools, finds a new study published today by the Fraser


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