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On March 15th, the Minister of Education announced that the province was modernizing curriculum, going “back to basics” in math, and making significant reductions in funding for school boards. According...

OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Ford government's plans to privatize and outsource Ontario's employment and training programs will leave even more Ontarians stuck in a downward spiral of being either jobless...

The Government of Ontario has announced changes to its employment services. Employment programs for Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program will be integrated into Employment Ontario to create...

Ontario's Progressive Conservative government is eliminating free tuition for students from low-income families while also cutting tuition fees. The Ontario Student Assistance Plan grants had become unsustainable and it was time to refocus...

As we pulled up in front of the college campus, I could sense that my student, Sam*, was both nervous and filled with anticipation. I was excited, too. This was...

Ontario and federal politicians have walked away empty-handed from meetings with General Motors about the company’s plans to close the Oshawa Assembly Plant. Federal Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains met...

In November, General Motors Canada announced that within a year it would shutter its 100-year-old automotive manufacturing facility in Oshawa, ON.  Amid the ensuing media frenzy, it is important to...

General Motors of Canada is working with other employers to identify jobs and targeted training programs for GM employees affected by plans to close the Oshawa Assembly plant next year,...

Omar Salaymeh and Mohammed Hakmi do not know each other, but they share a common past as refugees and, with luck, a prosperous future in the Waterloo Region's growing tech...

A fundamental economic shift is “hyper-concentrating” new knowledge-economy jobs in Toronto’s downtown as traditional manufacturing employment evaporates across much of southern Ontario, a new report warns, and the trend has...