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Alberta premier gives mandate to develop for-profit colleges to offer diplomas and degrees

Alberta’s premier wants the advanced education minister to pave the way for private career colleges to deliver accredited diploma and degree programs. The proposal raises concern from advocacy groups that for-profit career colleges in the province could eventually receive public money after the government slashed funding to public universities, colleges and polytechnics. Premier Danielle Smith …

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Jill Biden in Paris to Mark US Return to UN’s Educational and Scientific Agency

Washington — Jill Biden has represented her country at the Olympics in Tokyo, a king’s coronation in London and a royal wedding in Jordan. She gets another chance to put her ambassadorial skills to work this week when the United States formally rejoins a United Nations agency dedicated to education, science and culture around the …

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Personalized chatbot tutors will likely revolutionize traditional education and benefit students: AI experts

AI-powered chatbot tutors will likely revolutionize traditional education and benefit students with one-on-one training, according to a University of California, Berkeley professor of computer science. ChatGPT has already made its mark among students, as younger generations rushed to use the chatbot that can mimic human conversations when it was released last year. Berkeley professor and …

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USask First Nations teacher education program celebrates milestones – News

ITEP was established to increase the number of First Nations teachers to help meet the social and cultural needs of Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan and throughout Canada, as well as contributing to school systems where Indigenous and non-Indigenous children make up the student population. Graduates of ITEP receive a Bachelor of Education degree. “ITEP was …

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Ontario’s rushed education overhauls: concerns raised among educators – Op-Ed

Ontario elementary educators were informed via a newsletter distributed on Wednesday, June 20, of a new language curriculum to be implemented in the 2023-24 school year beginning this September. The minister of education announced plans to overhaul the language curriculum in Ontario, on the heels of the Ontario Human Rights Commission Right to Read Report, …

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NAIT to Launch National Clean Fuels Education and Awareness Program – Morinville News

by Morinville Online Staff NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) is launching what it says is a groundbreaking national clean fuels online awareness and education program, made possible by a $300,000 contribution from Natural Resources Canada. The program aims to promote understanding and adoption of clean fuels and technologies across academia, industry, government and the …

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Our inquiry-based education support activities have been highly evaluated and have earned us the Grand Award in the Career Education Awards of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

As part of its social contribution activities, Kajima has developed ‘Power to Create a Century,’ a set of inquiry-based learning materials, for use in the ‘period for inquiry-based cross-disciplinary study’ in high schools, and has been providing it to high schools across japan free of charge since AY2020. This initiative has been honored by METI …

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Innovation, collaboration, education emerged as themes of the NWT climate conference

To tackle our climate crisis, Richard Nerysoo says we can’t be paralyzed by fear. Nerysoo, a former NWT politician, is now an “energy champion” with a federal initiative that supports remote Indigenous communities to reduce their reliance on diesel. He participated in a three-day conference this past week engaging residents, government and industry representatives on …

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