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Unvaccinated Winnipeg civic staff to complete COVID-19 education program

COVID-19: Winnipeg councillors vote for vaccine mandate for elected officials “Vaccination is our best, most potent, proven tool in the fight against COVID-19. What all of Canada is facing now is largely an epidemic of the unvaccinated,” said city CAO Michael Jack.“We made efforts to reduce potential barriers to get the vaccine by setting up vaccine clinics at various workplaces, and we have been sharing information with employees about COVID-19 to help address potential vaccine hesitancy.

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Varsities face learning loss as covid disruptions hit practical, project works

universities have adopted unique models, but are still keen on returning to campuses to finish practical and project works. The World University of Design (WUD), a specialized university at the Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Haryana that focuses from design thinking to transport design, textile and fashion design, has adopted technology for field and location visits.

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Alberta education minister, Dr. Hinshaw to provide update on return to in-person learning for students

COVID-19 situation in Alberta will also be provided. 50% of eligible Albertans have 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose; concerns about school return remain In a statement Tuesday, a spokesperson for Alberta Education said it is committed to the safe return to in-person learning for students next week as originally planned.“However, we will continue to monitor the situation and make adjustments as needed,” Nicole Sparrow said.“We recognize the importance of resuming in-person learning as soon as it is possible.

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JEE (Main) - May 2021 session postponed amid Covid surge: Education Minister

Students are advised to keep visiting the official website of NTA for further updates.@DG_NTA pic.twitter.com/utMUGrmJNiEarlier, JEE- Main April session had been postponed due to the upsurge in Covid-19 cases across the country. The JEE (Main) - 2021 April Session which was scheduled on April 27, 28, and 30, has already been postponed due to the COV1D-19 pandemic.The rescheduling of the April and May sessions will be done subsequently.

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Ontario school boards struggle to find supply teachers amid rise in absences due to COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic, at least one Toronto-area board said it has had to ask administrators, specialty teachers and lunch supervisors to step in.The Toronto Catholic District school board said those measures have been taken on some occasions to “ensure the safety of students and staff” as it strives to broaden its pool of occasional, or supply, teachers.“Like many boards across the province, the TCDSB continues to bolster its occasional teacher roster but struggles to address challenges associated with increased teacher absences, greater incidences of short-term sick leave, and an unwillingness of available occasional teachers to accept daily jobs during this pandemic,” the board said in a statement Tuesday.

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Sen. Schumer calls on CDC to launch billion-dollar COVID-19 education, outreach blitz

On the heels of the New York COVID-19 vaccine supercharge he detailed Friday, U.S. House Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to deploy a $1-billion blitz to educate, conduct outreach and build more confidence in the effective COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday in New York City.

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Hinshaw, Shandro to provide provincial COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

COVID-19 in the province and “the ongoing work to protect public health.”The chief medical officer of health and minister will be making their comments at 4 p.m. and you can watch them in this story.

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COVID-19: Alberta school boards set to receive another round of federal funding

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OKIB Cultural Immersion School ready to reopen with added COVID-19 safety measures

Okanagan Indian Band Cultural Immersion School has not been open to the public since students went on winter break on Dec. 16.The Cultural Immersion School returned from winter break on Jan.

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New research suggests Alberta COVID-19 R value currently too high to lift restrictions

new measures announced on Nov. 24.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Kenney said the province’s R value must be below one by Dec.

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Quebec Education Ministry decides to go ahead with school board elections amid COVID-19 crisis

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Judy Kelley, Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) commissioner whose running for LBPSB chair, told Global News that the announcement came as a shock and that the elections should be put off.According to the ministry, mail-in ballots will be available to people who have tested positive for COVID-19, those waiting for their test results and residents of long-term care homes.

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COVID surveillance, education enhanced after gatherings fuel Hopi outbreak

Today, a study in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes a COVID-19 outbreak in the Hopi Tribe in Arizona that infected 29 of 60 people who attended two large indoor gatherings during tribal stay-at-home orders or were exposed at work or during family visits, sparking the creation of an enhanced coronavirus surveillance and education program detailed in an accompanying field report.

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To isolate or not? Alberta Health aims to clarify confusion about COVID-19 symptoms in K-12 students

main webpage of its K to 12 school re-entry guidance and plan.Alberta Health said the information is not new, adding it was released as part of the safe school relaunch but it is now just easier to find. Coronavirus: What schools in Alberta have COVID-19 outbreaks In point form, the list shows which symptoms require isolation and which do not.

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Quebec injects $85 million into schools to fight COVID-19 pandemic

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Another $25 million will go toward improving distance learning through subscriptions to educational resources as well as teacher training.In addition, $20 million will be invested in school ventilation and the remaining $15 million will be injected into school transport for new buses and drivers.The announcement came as Quebec reported 698 new cases of COVID-19 today, the highest single-day tally since May.In a press release Saturday morning, Education Minister Jean-François Roberge said these investments meet community demands.“They will make it possible to more effectively support all preschool, elementary and secondary school students, and more particularly those

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COVID-19: Quebec warns that schools could close if regions becomes high risk

Quebecers must be careful in coming days as coronavirus cases rise, health minister says “In a red zone, we keep the precautions and rules of the orange zone, but it’s possible that public health asks the government to close the establishments,” Roberge said.The minister, however, added that public health would analyze the epidemiological situation of an area before asking the government to make that call.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]— with files from Global News’ Alessia Maratta

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Saskatchewan Polytechnic launches School of Continuing Education

Saskatchewan Polytechnic has launched a new school to provide alternatives for people during the coronavirus pandemic.The School of Continuing Education was launched on Wednesday to meet the needs of the local community and provide training for those whose jobs have been affected by COVID-19. Sask Polytech doubles seats in Combined Laboratory and X-Ray Technologists program The new school will also help businesses ensure their employees continue to have the skillsets they need to stay competitive as their industries change due to new technologies.“The new school will help professionals.

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COVID-19: Edmonton father raises concerns over in-person exams for online Catholic school students

‘It’s a nervous energy’: Edmonton students head back to school amid COVID-19 pandemic “It kind of beats the purpose of online learning — [to] take away the stress and anxiety from the parents and the child,” Stecyk said. “I’m disappointed.Lori Nagy, a spokesperson for Edmonton Catholic Schools, said this is the only way to ensure “authentic assessment” of a student’s learning.

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Adriana LaGrange defends Alberta’s COVID-19 school plans in Global News interview

COVID-19 return-to-school plan.Adriana LaGrange spoke with reporter Julia Wong for 45 minutes Tuesday morning, where she was asked about a sweeping variety of topics, including distancing, school funding and whether she will visit an Alberta school.LaGrange said that she believes the government is doing “everything we can to support our school divisions” as students learn amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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EPSB letter details how school division will allocate COVID-19 funding from feds

Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government would be giving Canada’s province’s and territories up to $2 billion in additional funding to help them ensure students can safely return to school.Earlier this month, Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announced that she had directed her department to transfer the funds to school authorities as soon as the province receives it.She said Ottawa would be transferring some of the approximately $262 million promised to Alberta in September, while the rest will be sent “later in the school year.”In his letter Monday, Robertson said classrooms are the EPSB’s top priority.“About $20 million will flow directly to schools,” he wrote.

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New school year begins in New Brunswick amid COVID-19 pandemic

Creative lockers at Moncton’s Beaverbrook School aim to calm students’ first day jitters Parents said their goodbyes and Tanya Whitney, the school’s principal, checked students in before they reported directly to their homerooms.The new safety protocols are part of Nackawic Middle School’s operational plan. Each public school was required to develop a plan prior to opening in order to counter the spread of COVID-19.Planning lunch was particularly challenging for staff.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Kids like to socialize, they need to socialize.

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Sask. announces $51 million in 1st round of COVID-19 school division funding

coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday.The money is for “emergent one-time expenses associated with a safe return to school,” Saskatchewan Education Minister Gordon Wyant said at a press conference Tuesday morning.“I would expect school divisions… would likely be anticipating that they would be receiving some additional funds,” Wyant said. “There are a number of school divisions, at least the ones that I’ve talked to, that were already making some plans.”The minister said he now expects school divisions can go full-steam ahead.The money comes from Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 contingency fund for education — a “pool of funding” that consists of about $150 million from provincial and federal governments as well as school division savings.

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Some Alberta schools delay start after positive COVID-19 tests

Hinshaw urges Alberta teachers to get tested for COVID-19 ahead of school reopenings Meadows Ridge School in Okotoks, south of Calgary, did not open as planned Tuesday after a staff member was diagnosed with COVID-19.“Our thoughts remain with this individual and their family,” principal Rebecca Forchuk and Foothills School Division Supt. Chris Fuzessy wrote in a letter Monday.“We wish them a safe and speedy recovery.”They said the staff member was last in the school at noon on Friday and that symptoms began that evening.

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COVID-19: Face masks for Alberta students, school staff to be delivered by Friday

COVID-19 school re-entry plan.“By the end of the day today, every school division should have received their shipments of personal protective equipment (PPE) in advance of the 2020-21 school year,” a statement from Education Minister Adriana LaGrange and Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard said.“Alberta remains the only province in Canada to directly provide school authorities with PPE for their students, teachers and school staff.” COVID-19: How Alberta’s 4 biggest school boards are planning for substitute teachers The government announced earlier this month it would be providing two reusable, non-medical masks for every student and staff member in the province’s schools.

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Durham families fear COVID-19 effect on autistic children’s education

autism say they’re concerned about how the coronavirus pandemic will affect their students in the long term.According to Tara Stone, a Whitby, Ont., mother and autism advocate, ongoing uncertainty the spread of the virus, and about whether or not COVID-19 protocols have limited the supports needed by their kids, has many parents opting to keep their kids at home.“People are having to make a decision between income, going back to work and sending their children to school,” Stone said.Stone is choosing not to send her autistic eight-year-old son, Aiden, back to school. Instead, he will be learning from home.

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Alberta school boards already have ‘flexibility’ on fall restart date: education minister

province’s school re-entry plan, as it’s currently written, “provides school boards with the ability to delay or stagger school start dates should they decide that is in their local best interest.” Alberta Teachers’ Association requests school year delay at meeting with education minister On Wednesday, LaGrange met with The Alberta Teachers’ Association, which asked her to delay the school year’s start.ATA president Jason Schilling said the association wants the start of the school year to be pushed until after Labour Day, to allow staff more time to adjust to the new normal and enact recommendations put forward by the chief medical officer of health.In her statement, LaGrange said she agreed to “further engage with education partners”

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N.S. education minister faces backlash over comments on ventilation in schools

‘This year will be different’: N.S. to implement mandatory masks for Grade 4 to Grade 12 students “It rings alarm bells for people when it sounds like the best plan to keep kids in well-ventilated spaces is to just leave the windows open in the winter and crank the heat up,” said NSTU president Paul Wozney.“A lot of these ideas sound great on paper, but they don’t line up with what it’s actually like to go to school in Nova Scotia.”It’s been proven the novel coronavirus can spread by droplets that can stay in a room if air is not properly circulated.

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COVID-19: Alberta coalition of parents, educators and doctors fights back-to-school plan; makes own recommendations

province’s plan to reopen schools on Sept. 2.The Coalition for a Safer School Relaunch, which represents parents, physicians and educators, has even called the plan “dangerous.”“When we saw the plan — or lack thereof — come down from the UCP government, we were all alarmed,” said Dr.

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Sask. education minister ‘very comfortable’ with safety, mental health balance for return to school

school is more than just an education – it provides a sense of familiarity and stability.“Children thrive in consistent environments,” said registered doctoral psychologist Kristi Wright. “Whether that be at home, in the classroom, in the field or rink, recitals, wherever.”Although the coronavirus pandemic has thrown off this consistency, Wright noted that the start of every new school year forces a child to adapt to new surroundings.

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B.C. students in need of additional support have fallen behind amid COVID-19 pandemic: report

seen their access to education diminish due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey.This comes as the province prepares to announce a full return to school for most students on Wednesday.“Two years into tracking exclusion and a global pandemic later, we are seeing this tsunami of inequity and denied access to education. All I can think is, what are the long-term effects of ongoing exclusion going to be on children like ours? Where is the accountability?” said the report’s co-author Jenn Newby.In April, only 20 per cent of survey respondents said they were offered educational assistant support for their child.

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Wording of St.FX COVID-19 waiver to change, says cabinet minister

St. Francis Xavier University were asked to sign before they could attend classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.Labi Kousoulis said he talked earlier this week with student leaders who are negotiating with the university over the waiver and seeking to have its wording changed or replaced by a code of conduct.The original waiver required students give up potential legal claims of “negligence, breach of contract, or breach of any statutory or other duty of care,” even if the university fails to take reasonable steps to safeguard them from COVID-19 risks.

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Alberta’s 2020-21 school re-entry plan to be announced at COVID-19 update Wednesday

COVID-19 in the province.Adriana LaGrange is set to announce the school re-entry plan for the 2020-21 year.In-person classes were cancelled across the province on March 15 due to the pandemic and concerns of transmission. At the end of April, Premier Jason Kenney said schools would be staying closed, at least in the traditional sense, for the rest of the academic year.In early May, LaGrange outlined three different scenarios the province was considering when in-person classes begin again in schools.

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COVID-19: Education ministry floating possible back to school scenarios for September

With the school year ending early for most children in Quebec, the province is now tasked with trying to figure out what the school year will look like in the fall.

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Post-secondary students feeling impacts of COVID-19 academically, financially

The results of a questionnaire by Statistics Canada have revealed some of the early financial and academic impacts felt by post-secondary students because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fall classes will mostly be done online amid COVID-19, some Canadian universities say

Lingering uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting some Canadian post-secondary students to reconsider their plans for the fall, even as more schools announce strategies to navigate evolving health and safety measures.

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Premier Legault shows little patience for English school boards’ push to delay reopening amid COVID-19 crisis

Quebec Premier François showed little patience on Monday when asked about the Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA)’s push to delay the reopening of its schools across the province amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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‘It’s very stressful’: Parents struggle with teaching children at home through COVID-19

Teachers and educators have tried to make the transition to learning at home as smooth as possible, but it can still be a struggle. It was on March 15 that the Alberta government announced that all school classes in the province would be cancelled because of COVID-19.

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YouTube Enlists Janelle Monáe, Camila Mendes, and More 'Teachers' for COVID-19 Education Initiative

YouTube is doubling down on entertaining you during COVID-19. Like so many networks and streaming platforms, production on YouTube's original content was halted when social distancing began. To make up for it, the company has now commissioned a whole star-studded slate of programming that will be shot remotely. This is YouTube, after all, a platform popularized by vloggers who make videos in their own homes all the time, so maybe it's not not all that surprising to see them pivoting to this.

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Two Lethbridge school districts terminating all educational assistants, other positions

On March 28, Jason Kenney’s government announced $128 million in funding allocated to education in Alberta would be moved to relief efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Calgary school boards transition to online learning during COVID-19 pandemic

As schools remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary school boards are beginning to transition to online learning for students at home.

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Lethbridge school boards face tough decisions: ‘Our educational assistants are integral’

The provincial government announced Saturday it would be redirecting approximately $128 million initially slotted for K-12 schools into Alberta’s COVID-19 response, following the cancellation of all in-person classes on March 15.

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Coronavirus: Central Okanagan school district working on education plan amid class suspension

The Central Okanagan Board of Education has released a message to students and parents as the end of spring break approaches.

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Coronavirus: Central Okanagan school district working on education plan amid class suspension

The Central Okanagan Board of Education has released a message to students and parents as the end of spring break approaches.

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Alberta government releases plan to keep K-12 students learning amid COVID-19 pandemic

Amid the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak, all Grade 6 and 9 provincial achievement exams and Grade 12 diploma exams have been cancelled in Alberta.

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Coronavirus: Discussions ongoing to figure out how to continue K-12 education for Lethbridge students

Classrooms across Alberta are quiet this week after the provincial government suspended all K-12 schools indefinitely amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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