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A private school for low-income high school students – where the young people would work to pay for their own tuition – has made its first inroads into opening in Toronto.

Health PEI has joined other provincial health authorities in Atlantic Canada to offer employers a new way of dealing with the impact of substance abuse in the workplace.

A former scientist from Clinton Township, New Jersey, turned a traumatic brain injury into a new beginning as an author speaking out to support fellow survivors.

Personal financial stress sometimes spills over into poor workplace performance, or perhaps employee preoccupation with trying to find more lucrative employment.

International students at some of British Columbia’s private educational institutions will have the opportunity to gain Canadian work experience after graduation, thanks to a new pilot project.

At a meeting with national Aboriginal leaders and Canada’s provincial and territorial ministers of education (CMEC), Métis National Council Minister of Education Robert Doucette called for Métis-specific solutions to educational challenges.

Premier Jean Charest has signalled a populist shift back to more traditional values in Quebec’s education system. The biggest education-related change will focus on improving francophone Quebecers’ use of a second language.

To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2011, The Round Table on Technology, in partnership with Peel District School Board and the CIO Association of Canada, will host a free, live Internet webcast called Women in Technology Careers.

Statistics Canada is reporting that employment in our country rebounded more quickly from the recent economic downturn than it did in the recessions of the early 1980s and early 1990s.

Deadline to apply: March 10, 2011 - We are currently seeking a Director of Communications to raise Frontier College’s profile and brand awareness through enhanced storytelling and engagement. The Director of Communications engages with all aspects of the College’s work to discover, shape and leverage compelling stories that express the organization’s unique characteristics and history in support of the strategic goals and for the benefit of all members.

The Toronto meeting focused on early-childhood education, Aboriginal and international education, 21st-century competencies in education, and CMEC’s data and research initiatives.

"ASEP has been a catalyst in bringing partners to the table to address training and employment needs," said Minister Lafferty.

As touchy-feely as emotional well-being may sound, the fact is that issues such as anxiety, depression and burnout present some very real costs in the workplace - and not just to individual enterprises, but to the economy as a whole.

During the Aboriginal Student Achievement Minister’s Regional Forums in the Northwest Territories, school attendance was identified as a concern. Many students also felt that family and community members must take part in a student’s education.

The Flin Flon Public Library will continue to offer a variety of information services as the province of Manitoba maintains its financial commitment with this year’s library operating, collection development and technology grants totalling nearly $59,000.