Category: Focus

Focus on Education

By Matt Watkinson

Dave Johnson survived his trial-by-error debut as education minister and has emerged with a package of changes for Ontario’s high school curriculum.

Throughout the two-week strike over Bill 160, Johnson protected the government’s vision of the school system against massive opposition from the people who actually run it. read more

By Crystal Kingwell
We’ve all heard the appeals for volunteers, people who can give even a couple hours of their time to help the community. But why would someone choose to work for free?

Maybe because the reward is worth more than money.

For the past year, Peter Cook has been a volunteer teaching furniture refinishing at the Good Day Workshop. The workshop is a non-profit program that teaches marketable skills to disadvantaged people. It operates entirely with volunteer help. read more