Education – Views & Research

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How 39 young people experience climate education in a rapidly changing world

Kimberlee Collins, University of Guelph; Carla Rice, University of Guelph, and Chelsea Jones, Brock University

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4 questions about schoolwork feedback to guide young students’ learning

Farid Bashiri, Queen's University, Ontario

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Shortening Canadian teacher education risks devaluing the profession of teaching

Emily MacLeod, McGill University; UCL

The release of AI chatbots has harmed teens’ learning and Canada needs to act

Adam Kenneth Dubé, McGill University

Universities are making different choices about AI. How will they fit with their public missions?

Nadia Delanoy, University of Calgary

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Why the ugly history of IQ testing matters for AI and education

Jay Timothy Dolmage, University of Waterloo

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As the school year settles in, making room for the arts can support everyday well-being

Heather McLaughlin, Concordia University

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We need stronger sexual health education — the ‘Cornell 7’ case shows why

Shannon D. M. Moore, University of Manitoba and Jennifer Watt, University of Manitoba

Alberta’s education reforms tell students public life is safest when differences are hidden

Teresa Anne Fowler, University of Calgary

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How 1,200 Saskatchewan teachers have experienced the province’s pronoun policy

Vicky Parohl, University of Saskatchewan; Marc Usunier, and Vicki Squires, University of Saskatchewan

People hold a rainbow Pride flag and a pink and blue trans flag in front of a domed building.

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5 ways sorting Halloween candy can help children develop mathematics skills

Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk, University of Winnipeg; Erin A Maloney, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Heather P. Douglas, Carleton University

How to avoid a Halloween sugar disaster

Jess Haines, University of Guelph

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Should AI chatbots simulate care for students? Alberta teachers say no

Soroush Sabbaghan, University of Calgary

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5 ways teachers can respond to residential school denialism in the classroom

Lindsay Gibson, University of British Columbia and James Miles, University of Alberta

Why universities must tread carefully when validating Onkwehón:we identity

Frank Deer, University of Manitoba

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Canada’s Indigenous health obligations can’t be separated from rights and reconciliation

Jamaica Cass, York University, Canada; Queen's University, Ontario

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Mawachihitotaak: For Métis, it matters to say ‘let’s get together’ to share stories

Yvonne Poitras Pratt, University of Calgary; Madelaine McCracken, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Melanie Griffith Brice, University of Calgary

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Why I celebrate Black graduation magic: An anti-racist perspective

Clare Warner, McMaster University

Mothering while Black: To protect our children, we draw on traditions of refusal

Takwana Nhau, Carleton University

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A historian of Black Canada gives a report card on Ontario’s new mandated Black history education

Natasha Henry-Dixon, York University, Canada

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Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility

Sean Carleton, University of Manitoba and Benjamin Kucher, University of Alberta

Acting with one mind: Gwich’in lessons for truth and reconciliation

Crystal Gail Fraser, University of Alberta

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The real truth about stories: Book recommendations from the Indigenous Literatures Lab

Jennifer Brant, University of Toronto; Erenna Morrison, University of Toronto; Gayatri Thakor, University of Toronto; Jasmine Rice, University of Toronto, and Miyopin Cheechoo, University of Toronto

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My grandfather kept his rejected degree for 50 years. Decades later, Canada still deskills immigrants

Kaya M. Anderson, Western University

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People studying to become teachers speak about Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism in Ontario schools

Zuhra Abawi, York University, Canada and Naved Bakali, University of Windsor

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How families can support children’s early mathematics learning at home

Ozlem Cankaya, MacEwan University

How high-quality friendship supports teen well-being

Ryan J. Persram, Toronto Metropolitan University

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How ‘technoference’ can disrupt parent-child connections

Gizem Keskin, University of Calgary; Penny Pexman, Western University, and Sheri Madigan, University of Calgary

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How chronic absenteeism shifted in Canadian kindergarten after COVID-19

Caroline Reid-Westoby, McMaster University and Magdalena Janus, University of British Columbia

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Ontario kindergarten: What changed, what didn’t and why it matters

Kristy Timmons, Queen's University, Ontario and Pamela Beach, Queen's University, Ontario

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When can your child stay home alone? Neuroscience suggests we’re asking the wrong question

Codie C. Lavoie, University of Southern California

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Have child, need job: How child-care problems prevent many families from re-entering the workforce

Alisaleh Shariati, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Emis Akbari, University of Toronto

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Why parent-child playful interactions mean so much more than fun and games

Ana Karen Espinosa Becerra, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Jean-François Bureau, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Has gentle parenting gone too far?

Jean Clinton, McMaster University

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Why teacher training is the overlooked route to a stronger special education system

Jordan Shurr, Queen's University, Ontario

School phone bans are working in Toronto elementary schools — and failing in high schools

Sachin Maharaj, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and John Ranellucci, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Youth sitting with their backs against a wall looking at phones.

Students need more than AI skills — they need accountable AI literacy

Sibo Chen, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Free period products in schools help girls and young women, but only when they’re available

Kamilla Bonnesen, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Olivia Cooke, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Tracy Vaillancourt, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Standardized tests needed to boost student achievement? Saskatchewan begs to differ

Marc Spooner, University of Regina

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The private school market serving international secondary students in Ontario has grown

Olivia Johnston, Edith Cowan University; Laura Perry, Murdoch University; Roopa Desai Trilokekar, York University, Canada, and Sue Winton, York University, Canada

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How routines, rituals and rites of passage are foundations of an inclusive classroom

Cornelia Schneider, Mount Saint Vincent University

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Why the real test of Canada’s AI strategy is in university classrooms

Johanathan Woodworth, Mount Saint Vincent University

Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start

Johannes Steizinger, McMaster University

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What Canada could gain from joining the EU’s Erasmus+ program, and what’s unresolved

Dale Kirby, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Experiential and ‘work-integrated’ learning aren’t the same — and it matters for higher education

David Peacock, University of Alberta

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Many Jewish faculty and staff say university EDI is failing them

Lilach Marom, Simon Fraser University

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The stories we tell ourselves shape who we are

Olabisi Oyelana, MacEwan University

Looking for Indigenous history? ‘Shekon Neechie’ website recentres Indigenous perspectives

Mary Jane Logan McCallum, University of Winnipeg; Robert Alexander Innes, McMaster University, and Susan M. Hill, University of Toronto

5 vital leadership takeaways from the life of Chief Poundmaker

Andrew J. Karesa, The King's University Canada

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As Canada is threatened, it’s urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood

Frank Deer, University of Manitoba

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Curve Lake’s day school history reveals Indigenous activism in the face of colonial schooling

Jackson Pind, Trent University

Why Canadians need two dramatic educational shifts to honour reconciliation

Jennifer Wallner, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Gavin Furrey, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism

Daniel Heath Justice, University of British Columbia and Sean Carleton, University of Manitoba

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How Indigenous-led health education in remote communities can make reconciliation real

Jamaica Cass, Queen's University, Ontario

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Youth are charting new freshwater futures by learning from the water on the water

Andrea Reid, University of British Columbia and Dalal Hanna, Carleton University

Revisiting the Williams Treaties of 1923: Anishinaabeg perspectives after a century

Jackson Pind, Trent University and Jack Hoggarth, Trent University

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6 ways to build resilience and hope into young people’s learning about climate change

Simon Appolloni, University of Toronto

How early childhood education is responding to climate change

Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Western University

A chalkboard saying 'write rain' is seen alongside many very thin strips of paper with writing on them.

What dandelions and bees can teach us about our responsibilities to the natural world

Louise Zimanyi, Royal Roads University

Teachers need bolder action from our school boards to educate in and for a climate emergency

Karen S. Acton, University of Toronto

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Saskatchewan’s new oil and gas high school courses are out of step with global climate action

Marcia McKenzie, University of Saskatchewan; Emily Eaton, University of Regina, and Kristen Hargis, University of Saskatchewan

A safe AI strategy for Canadian youth should include age-associated risks