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Schools could boost students’ performance by simply changing the font used in teaching materials.

The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) is deeply concerned about a new paper published by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) on promoting more university differentiation. The paper, titled The Benefits of Greater Differentiation of Ontario's University Sector, seeks to outline a model for encouraging a broader variety of missions among the province's universities.

"I am very interested in different narrative threads and this idea that nothing ever completely finishes or ends and all things continue," Robin Brass says.

While several of Ontario's 20 universities are internationally ranked, pressures on the postsecondary system are palpable. Increased enrollment is jeopardizing the range and quality of programs while a changing labour market demands postsecondary credentials.

Undergraduate students are generally supportive of the government taking a more active role in transforming Ontario's universities to better balance the system-wide demands for a high-quality and accessible learning environment with the capacity to undertake research.

This Halloween, ABC Life Literacy Canada reminds families to practice literacy skills with some fun literacy tips, tricks and treats.

The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas), today announced he will address the first Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAIE) on October 22, 2010, in Calgary.

Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, is bringing some of the nation’s most respected education experts to the offices, classrooms and homes of teachers and school leaders this year.

Edmonton... New programs that teach positive lifestyle choices and build resistance to high-risk behaviours are being delivered to children and youth at Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation and Maskwacis Cree Communities. The programs are supported by $3.96 million in Safe Communities grant funding from the Alberta government over 3 years.

At a special event held today at the Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg, the Manitoba government celebrated Women's History Month by recognizing the accomplishments of Aboriginal women in Manitoba.

Literacy Alberta is a provincial coalition and a nonprofit organization that works toward increasing the literacy levels in the province.

The use of oracy to promote interest in and the achievement of literacy has a long history. Writing in 1908, Edmund Burke Huey made the point that “meaning inheres in this spoken language and belongs but secondarily to the printed symbols.”

Research income growth at Canada's Top 50 universities slowed in Fiscal 2009, according to Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List 2010, released today by Research Infosource Inc. Total sponsored research income, which includes both government and non-government sources, grew by only 3.0% - half the rate of last year - to $6.24 billion in Fiscal 2009, up from $6.06 billion in Fiscal 2008.

The much anticipated "human book" collection has been unveiled for Toronto Public Library's first Human Library, an opportunity for Torontonians to walk in someone else's shoes for a few minutes and see beyond labels and begin to celebrate differences.

ST. ANDREWS - Aboriginal high school students across New Brunswick should expect to hear from Pam Ward and her cohorts before the end of the academic year.