Universities ask: Why can’t high school grads write?
The head of English at a Toronto area high school says Ontario university and college professors expect too much from high school graduates when they first write essays and tests.
The head of English at a Toronto area high school says Ontario university and college professors expect too much from high school graduates when they first write essays and tests.
“Children in Soweto didn’t have the things kids have here,” Sloly said. “They did realize, though, their power (to make change) and their potential.”
Journalist Hugh Winsor and the Canadian Journalism Foundation hosted a lively debate at the University of Toronto’s Innis College on November 17th about media ethics titled ‘News Blackouts Save Lives.’
Blue sky and bright sunshine brought out the bands, floats and bunnies along Queen Street East for the annual Beaches Easter parade Sunday. Running from Neville Park Boulevard to Woodbine Avenue, the 43rd annual parade…
One of the costs of living among tree-lined streets surrounded by ravines and parks is sharing your neighbourhood with some unwanted guests. This has led to a dilemma for residents of the quiet Beach neighbourhood…
Andrea Horwath became the first female leader of the Ontario NDP on Saturday when she defeated Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns on the third ballot at the party’s leadership convention in Hamilton. Horwath, the MPP for…
Most days, the mayor of Sarnia, Ont., can see the Canada/U.S. border crossing from his office window. For Mike Bradley, it’s not a pretty sight. “The U.S. are now using security as a new tariff…
Former CBC news chief Tony Burman spoke before an enthusiastic audience of journalists and curious onlookers Tuesday night about his new role as managing director of Al Jazeera’s English language network (AJE). Speaking at the…
By Sean Sillers Voters in Toronto’s Scarborough Southwest riding made history Tuesday night by electing the riding’s first ever female MP. In a decisive victory, Liberal candidate Michelle Simson defeated runner-up Conservative hopeful Greg Crompton….