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CSBA Congress 2017 and NTGAE
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Mohamed Fahmy spent 438 days in an Egyptian prison—unjustly jailed for conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood, and for fabricating news for Al Jazeera during his…
Charter of Commitment – Student Health and Well-Being
CSBA Committee on Student Health and Wellness is committed to working in partnership with government, non-government, and community partners to advocate for active healthy lifestyles. Benefits to creating healthy learning…
From the Desk of the President – May 2017
President Floyd Martens: THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ON THE DEFENCE… News, being what it is, tends to focus on the sensational, scandalous, or shocking. And so it is not a…
CSBA Research – Indigenous Education
Executive Summary While education is the responsibility of the individual province or territory, the ways in which education for Indigenous students is organized varies across the country. A large number…
“Fake news” versus evidence-based facts on School Boards
Stephen Hansen, an independent consultant with years of experience in education, provides a clear and firm rebuttal to a recent article that groups all trustees in with a few “bad…
From the Desk of the President – February 2017
CSBA WORK ON THE ISSUES The CSBA Board of Directors come from each jurisdiction quarterly to discuss shared issues of national importance. We continue to work on our priority areas: Health…
Fighting to keep the “public” in public education
When it comes to education governance, the national trend in recent years has been towards a troubling centralization of decision-making power, despite research that suggests school boards provide an effective…
CSBA News – December 2016
We are already well into 2017, but read here how we finished 2016. CSBA is pleased to share with you our recent newsletter (December 2016). You will find the President’s Message detailing some…
A best practice in FNMI education
“Imaginations shared create collaboration – collaboration creates community – community inspires social change.“… Terry Tempest Williams. Saskatchewan School Boards Association provide an example of what can be accomplished through working…
CSBA CONGRESS 2017 – Whistler, BC!
CSBA is happy to announce that the 2017 CSBA Annual Congress will be hosted this coming year by BCSTA in beautiful Whistler, BC, along with the National Gathering for Trustees on Aboriginal Education…
New President and Vice-President of the CSBA.
The Canadian School Boards Association is proud to announce that Floyd Martens of the Manitoba School Boards Association has been acclaimed as the new President of CSBA. Goronwy Price of…
The CSBA 2015-2016 Annual Report
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “Sometimes your actions speak so loud, I cannot hear what you are saying”. These are just some of this past year’s activities at Canadian School…