The Toronto Observer

The head of a national post-secondary student organization says Ontario’s plans for online learning won’t improve learning or save the system money. In February, a leaked report to the Ontario government indicated the province was considering the benefits of converting a third of university and college courses to the online realm. The leaked report, called, “3x3,” outlines plans to strengthen the post-secondary education system by providing easy to access online courses for students.

Getting into Canada to work just got a little harder. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney recently announced that starting July 1, newcomers under the Provincial Nominee Program in low-skilled professions will have to take a mandatory test in French or English before they’re allowed into Canada.

As communities focus on preparing younger generations to be the leaders of the future, not enough attention is being paid to the people that got them here in the first place.

Diversity and strength may be part of Toronto’s motto, but a youth worker in Scarborough has questioned whether the city’s mayoral candidates recognize it, Another debate wrapped up Monday night at the Scarborough Civic Centre with the top five mayoral candidates participating. While the focus was on inner city suburb issues and social planning in [...]

Bin Lin has to wait for eight years to cast her first vote in aToronto municipal election. The 25-year-old landed in Canada as a permanent resident in 2006. Last July, she filed her application for citizenship, but will not get approved before April 2011. Therefore, she cannot vote municipally until the 2014 election. “If I [...]