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Ontario scrapping post-secondary education requirements for police recruitsOntario scrapping post-secondary education requirements for police recruits

May 1, 2023| 2:25 am

The Ontario government said Tuesday it is introducing a number of new measures to boost lagging police recruitment numbers, including eliminating a post-secondary education requirement to be hired as an officer and covering the costs of mandatory training. “We need more police officers on our streets, more boots on the ground,” Premier Doug Ford said at a news conference at the Ontario Police College. He was joined by Solicitor General Michael Kerzner and Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw. Ford said he had heard from the chiefs of various police services, who said they are seeing increases in major crimes like…

What Ontario’s education curriculum says about the environmentWhat Ontario’s education curriculum says about the environment

April 26, 2023| 2:00 am

Classrooms across the province will hold Earth Day-themed events and activities to mark the annual environmental celebration. But what’s being taught about the environment during the rest of the school year? Ontario’s education curriculum lays out, in broad strokes, everything that’s supposed to be taught in schools, and includes information on environmental matters. This is highlighted through the Ministry of Education’s Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow document, a policy framework for environmental education in Ontario schools, first drafted in 2009. According to this framework, environmental education is integrated into all grades and all subjects, as appropriate. While environmental education can relate…

How to protect our memories? Education is key, new science suggestsHow to protect our memories? Education is key, new science suggests

March 22, 2023| 6:00 pm

A handful of factors, such as education, income and job type, may increase the likelihood that people in their mid-50s will still be mentally sharp, a new study finds. An analysis of data from more than 7,000 US adults showed that these factors could explain nearly 40% of the differences in the amount of cognitive abilities people had lost by age 54. Education, in particular whether a person had finished college, made the biggest difference in cognitive abilities such as memory, judgment and focus, Ohio State University scientists reported Wednesday in a scientific journal. The researchers analyzed data from the…