The class sizes in Saskatchewan schools has been a hot-button topic for the past several months with the NDP and the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation saying it is one of the biggest issues facing the province. Education Minister Gord Wyant has decided it is time to try and fix the issue so he is forming […]
A report from a education review survey indicates that some people in the province want to see updates to Saskatchewan’s public education system. Education Re-Imagined: 12 Actions for Education is the final report pieced together by the Re-Imagine Education Reference Committee after 6,000 people participated in the survey to share their vision for the future of education […]
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation are alarmed that the graduation rates for First Nations students remains significantly lower than that of non-First Nations students. Data from Saskatchewan Education shows that the 2019 three-year graduation rate for First Nations, Metis and Inuit students dropped to 43.4 per cent from 44.5 […]
The provincial opposition is continuing to question the Sask Party government’s record on emergency wait room times. This comes after the provincial government announced a 10 million dollar investment into reducing surgical wait times Wednesday, but no funding to address ER wait times, which according to the NDP, is leading to hallway medicine. NDP leader […]
The opposition NDP peppered the Sask Party government with questions about problems that have plagued the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford. The mental health facility dealt with leaking areas of the roof during the summer, and it was recently announced that water at the facility is not drinkable due to levels of copper and lead found […]
TIMBER BAY — A janitor from northern Saskatchewan who was allegedly told not to speak Cree says she was recently placed on paid leave, pending the outcome of an investigation by the Northern Lights School Division. Rose Bradfield, a janitor at the remote Timber Bay School, has said the school’s principal told her last month […]
The provincial NDP tried to begin an emergency debate in the provincial legislature Thursday over what they are calling an education crisis in Saskatchewan. However, the Sask Party government shut down the debate despite reports from the NDP that there is more violence in Saskatchewan classrooms than in any other classroom in Canada and concerns […]
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations wants to see school boards, administrations and teachers across Saskatchewan increase and encourage the use of First Nations languages in schools. This comes after the federation learned that a Cree woman was allegedly asked by a school principal to not speak her language at the school. Since receiving the […]
The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation believes that class size and composition should be discussed when it comes to a new contract. The provincial government has a different thought on that though. Education Minister Gord Wyant says he is willing to talk about class size, but there are more that have to be involved in those discussions […]
The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation believes education should be an equalizer with all students and teachers having the same resources available to them. A survey done by its members shows that is not happening because of continued reductions from the Saskatchewan government. The survey finds teachers are paying for things out of their own pocket with […]
