ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CANADIAN SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION For immediate distribution CSBA Elects a new Vice President Montreal, August 25, 2012 – The Canadian School Boards Association is pleased to announce the election of its new Vice President, Jacquie Hansen of the Alberta School Boards Association. The eight presidents of the provincial school boards associations participated in the…
The Health of Canada’s Young People: a mental health focus is based on 2009/10 Canadian data and examines the mental health of young Canadians. Young people’s mental health is an important issue today and is strongly related to other health issues (injuries, high risk behaviours, bullying, healthy lifestyles and weight) and social environments. The Health…
Last week, CSBA presented three of its provincial associations’ initiatives in the area of aboriginal education at the CMEC Educators’ Forum on Aboriginal Education. Local initiatives are having a powerful impact on student engagement, community engagement and student success. As there were many requests for the resources and documentation that we provided at the forum,…
Lakehead District School Board is located in the Thunder Bay area of Ontario. With a student enrollment of just over 13,000, the board consists of twenty-five elementary, four secondary and one adult education centre. Lakehead District is one of the boards that participated in the Urban Aboriginal Education Project, an innovative provincial pilot project in the area of aboriginal…
This post, written by Melanie Jackson of the British Columbia School Trustees’ Association, is an excerpt from “The Way Forward is the Way Back: Saving the Haida Language.” When Haida Gwaii Trustee Wayne Wilson was a boy, his parents spoke their native Haida only when they didn’t want him to know what they were saying….
Media Literacy Week takes place this year from November 7-11 across Canada. Canada’s youth are exposed to media content on a daily basis, and are continually asked to understand the “nature, techniques and impacts of media messages and productions”. Media education is essential to providing guidance to develop knowledge and critical thinking skills in order…
Last week, the government tabled Bill C-11, a re-introduction of Bill C-32 that was originally introduced in June 2010. See the CSBA copyright page for CSBA’s 2010 submission to Canadian Parliament. Although there are many provisions in the Copyright Modernization Act that improve and modernize copyright issues, such as expanding the fair dealing provisions for the purposes…
Its International Literacy Day-established by UNESCO in 1965, this day calls attention to the need to eradicate illiteracy across the globe. The theme of International Literacy Day 2011 is “Literacy for Peace.” Canada is celebrating with many events taking place in the provinces and territories. To celebrate this important day, we would like to share…
CSBA Congress 2011 was hosted by the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association in Ottawa from July 7-9th. To access many of the presentations, click here. Best wishes for a healthy and happy summer from the CSBA!
How do school boards and districts define digital citizenship? What does it mean to be a responsible digital citizen? How do boards and districts infuse the concept of digital citizenship into the school community and the curriculum? These are questions that the Lester B. Pearson School Board, an English school board located in the Montréal…
