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ONTARIO: Ford prepared to ask surgeons to start working weekends to clear backlog

ONTARIO: Ford prepared to ask surgeons to start working weekends to clear backlog

Ford's comments came 10 days after modelling research painted a stark picture of surgery wait times across the province
BEYOND LOCAL: COVID-19 may present the opportunity to embrace outdoor education

BEYOND LOCAL: COVID-19 may present the opportunity to embrace outdoor education

Policymakers could seize this time to support schools in choosing to take students outside.
ONTARIO: Province invests $650K in child welfare system, focusing on equity for Black kids in care

ONTARIO: Province invests $650K in child welfare system, focusing on equity for Black kids in care

Black families are more likely to be investigated by children's aid societies, have their children taken into care
CANADA: Report says child care is key to women's recovery from economic impacts of COVID-19

CANADA: Report says child care is key to women's recovery from economic impacts of COVID-19

The health crisis has so far pushed women's participation in the labour force down to its lowest level in three decades
ONTARIO: School bus routes cancelled across the province as COVID-19 worsens driver shortage

ONTARIO: School bus routes cancelled across the province as COVID-19 worsens driver shortage

Lack of clarity around safety, PPE contributing factors Unifor says
COVID-19: Ontario will publicly report school outbreaks, Ford says

COVID-19: Ontario will publicly report school outbreaks, Ford says

Cases have been reported across the province as schools began reopening this week for the first time during the pandemic
COVID-19: How the pandemic has reshaped university education

COVID-19: How the pandemic has reshaped university education

Immersive and collaborative lab experiences are now possible online, and in the future they will complement in-person lab work
CANADA: Poll says Canadians reluctant to remove statues of historical figures now seen as racist

CANADA: Poll says Canadians reluctant to remove statues of historical figures now seen as racist

The online poll by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies follows the controversial tearing down and vandalism of a Macdonald statue in Montreal last month by activists angry over his anti-Indigenous views and policies
CANADA: WE Charity closing Canadian operations, Kielburger brothers leaving

CANADA: WE Charity closing Canadian operations, Kielburger brothers leaving

OTTAWA — WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government's plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-volunteer program for leaving it in financial ruin.
ONTARIO: Report finds immigrants, refugees comprise nearly half of province's COVID-19 cases

ONTARIO: Report finds immigrants, refugees comprise nearly half of province's COVID-19 cases

Immigrants and refugees who worked in health-care, especially women, accounted for a disproportionate number of cases