Tag Archives: Education
Stakeholders upset over lack of consultation for SD57 vaccine mandate decision
PRINCE GEORGE - Following the announcement School District 57 would not be pursuing a vaccination mandate reactions have begun to pour in. Most stakeholders and employee groups say they are not surpri...
Nov 16, 2021
SD57 Board of Education expected to make decision on staff vaccine mandate 'fairly quickly'
PRINCE GEORGE - Across the province, some dominoes have started to fall including the largest district in the province, Surrey deciding not to implement mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.Several others h...
Nov 10, 2021
Orange tulips planted by Harwin Elementary students in honour of residential school victims
PRINCE GEORGE - Some orange tulips will be popping up in the garden at Harwin Elementary come this spring in honour of the hundreds of children who never made it home from residential schools."It feel...
Nov 01, 2021
SD57 Board of Education 'carefully' looking at COVID-19 vaccine policy
PRINCE GEORGE - The School District 57 Board of Education is proceeding with caution when it comes to making a decision on a potential COVID-19 vaccination policy.School districts across the province ...
Oct 28, 2021
'It's really unacceptable: BCTF sounds off on Northern Health school exposure reporting
PRINCE GEORGE - With COVID-19 cases in BC schools happening a lot more often this year than last year, the BC Teachers Federation is raising concerns about the reporting of school exposures, or lack t...
Oct 26, 2021
Opposite enrolment stories for UNBC and CNC
PRINCE GEORGE - The university and the college are reporting opposite numbers for enrolment this fall.While the number of domestic students is up at the college and international students is down, enr...
Oct 22, 2021
Physical Therapy red hot at UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - Last fall, UBC launched its inaugural master of Physical Therapy - North program in Prince George to help inspire more graduates to stay and practice in northern, rural, and remote com...
Oct 21, 2021
Parents blocked from watching volleyball tournament
PRINCE GEORGE - Parents who wanted to watch a local high school girls volleyball this past weekend were out of luck at the College of New Caledonia.Across BC, admission to sporting events, restaurants...
Oct 20, 2021
Teacher shortage facing School District 57
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George District Teachers Association (PGDTA) is sounding the alarm about the lack of teachers on call (TTOC) available in School District 57."We're in a desperate situation ...
Oct 14, 2021
Trustees seek January byelection
PRINCE GEORGE - Following the resignation of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the SD57 Board of Education, a byelection is needed to fill the two seats left vacant by now departed Trent Derrick and Shuiros...
Oct 12, 2021