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Can we get high school kids to eat healthier foods?

November 7, 2010




From Jamie Oliver to new provincial nutritional standards and policies for schools, many school districts in North America have been pushing to improve nutritional standards. Some have set specific targets for eliminating trans fats and reducing levels of sugar and fat. Others have banned deep fryers and soft drinks. But, as the food in schools [...]

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Ottawa Schools Survey Teens on Sexual Orientation and More

November 4, 2010




The Internet was abuzz today with information on the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s plans to survey its student body. According to the Ottawa Citizen’s article Board to ask students if they are gay by Matthew Pearson, the school board is going to ask a range of questions to students from Grades 7 to Grade 12, [...]

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Ottawa school bans balls at recess

January 22, 2010




This week an Ottawa school, D. Roy Kennedy Public School, has been in the news and featured on the Free Range Kids blog because a group of students started a petition to reverse a ban on playing with balls at recess in the winter. Students are allowed to run around and play, but they cannot [...]

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The bully who defined me

August 1, 2009




I was four years old. I had just started preschool. I was excited, interested, curious, I think. I knew a few kids in my class, the ones  who lived on my street or whose parents were friends with my parents, but there were many new faces too.  During the first few days of school the [...]

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We need bilingual schools

July 6, 2008




Here in Canada, we often hear that English Canadians do not make enough effort to learn French and French Canadians do not make enough effort to learn English. But I think there is more to it than their willingness or effort to learn the other language. I think that the problem begins with our segregated [...]

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