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Justin Trudeau quits: What Canada’s Liberal Party can learn from the fall of Rome
CANADA finds itself at a moment of reckoning. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as recent polls place his governing Liberal Party at its lowest support levels in decades, with voter intent hovering at just 16 per cent. Trudeau’s approval ratings reflected widespread dissatisfaction with national leadership, raising the prospect of a substantial electoral defeat.
Justin Trudeau quits: What Canada’s Liberal Party can learn from the fall of Rome
Canada finds itself at a moment of reckoning. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as recent polls place his governing Liberal Party at its lowest support levels in decades, with voter intent hovering at just 16 per cent. Trudeau’s approval ratings reflected widespread dissatisfaction with national leadership, raising the prospect of a substantial electoral defeat.
Putin Reclaims Byzantium for His New Russian Empire
Putin has associated Russia with Byzantium in ways that are apparent to countries with an Orthodox legacy but are not necessarily clear to the rest of the world. By Theodore Christou Russia’s two-headed eagle often worn by Russian athletes on their jerseys is not a modern invention; it comes down to us through the ages from the glorious days of the Byzantine Empire. If we travel 1,800 years back in time, the eagle served as the unmistakable symbol of the Byzantine Empire.
Putin Reclaims Byzantium for His New Russian Empire
Putin has associated Russia with Byzantium in ways that are apparent to countries with an Orthodox legacy but are not necessarily clear to the rest of the world. By Theodore Christou Russia’s two-headed eagle often worn by Russian athletes on their jerseys is not a modern invention; it comes down to us through the ages from the glorious days of the Byzantine empire. If we travel 1,800 years back in time, the eagle served as the unmistakable symbol of the Byzantine Empire.
Indian day schools survivors are seeking truth and justice
In January 2020, Canada began accepting claims emerging from a billion-dollar settlement with survivors of the Indian day schools. This landmark settlement has been embroiled by legal battles as well as additional lawsuits. In the meantime, survivors and the public have yet to learn how the $200 million, earmarked for education, healing and commemoration, will be used.
A Finnish phenomenon: Where students learn how to ask, not only answer, questions
All four teacher unions in Ontario are in the midst of labour unrest. Teachers in Ontario have long had the right to strike, and when the province threatened this right in 2012, the courts upheld it. While the list of particular negotiating points between the government and the four unions depends on the situation, there are common priorities: funding, class sizes, job security and salary.
A Finnish phenomenon: Where students learn how to ask, not only answer, questions
All four teacher unions in Ontario are in the midst of labour unrest. Teachers in Ontario have long had the right to strike, and when the province threatened this right in 2012, the courts upheld it. While the list of particular negotiating points between the government and the four unions depends on the situation, there are common priorities: funding, class sizes, job security and salary.
Welcome to the latest wave of 'modernizing,' 'progressive' school reforms in Ontario
In Ontario’s recent 2019 budget, the minister of finance says because the previous government failed at teaching the basics, a “lack of foundational knowledge has left too many of our kids ill‐prepared for the challenges of the modern world.” The purported increase to education is $1 billion, spread out over the next three years.
Welcome to the latest wave of 'modernizing,' 'progressive' school reforms in Ontario
In Ontario’s recent 2019 budget, the minister of finance says because the previous government failed at teaching the basics, a “lack of foundational knowledge has left too many of our kids ill‐prepared for the challenges of the modern world.” The purported increase to education is $1 billion, spread out over the next three years.
Jul 2018: Ford's call on Indigenous curriculum indefensible
Ontario’s newly elected government has dismissed a plan to revise the province’s social studies and history curriculums to add Indigenous content. There was no reason offered for Premier Doug Ford’s decision. Hey there, time traveller! This article was published 23/7/2018 (1110 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Ontario’s newly elected government has dismissed a plan to revise the province’s social studies and history curriculums to add Indigenous content.
Nixing plans to add Indigenous content to Ontario curriculum is a travesty
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Ontario’s newly elected government has dismissed a plan to revise the province’s social studies and history curriculums to add Indigenous content. There was no reason offered for Premier Doug Ford’s decision. I was part of the group rewriting the curriculum.
Cutting Indigenous revisions to Ontario curriculum is a travesty
Ontario’s newly elected government has dismissed a plan to revise the province’s social studies and history curriculums to add Indigenous content. There was no reason offered for Premier Doug Ford’s decision. I was part of the group rewriting the curriculum. I am not annoyed at the Ontario government’s decision for partisan reasons, or for the fact that so many taxpayer dollars that had been spent on rewriting curriculum are now wasted.
The Byzantine history of Putin's Russian empire
Russian athletes were conspicuous in their neutral colours during this year’s Winter Olympics and Paralympics due to a ban based on doping allegations. In Vancouver in 2010 and in Sochi in 2014, however, Russia’s Olympic hockey jerseys prominently featured a two-headed eagle exactly where Canada’s jerseys highlighted the maple leaf. This two-headed eagle is not a modern invention. It is “Byzantine.” The eagle was, if we travel 1,800 years back in time, the imperial symbol of the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine history of Putin’s Russian empire
Russian athletes were conspicuous in their neutral colours during this year’s Winter Olympics and Paralympics due to a ban based on doping allegations. In Vancouver in 2010 and in Sochi in 2014, however, Russia’s Olympic hockey jerseys prominently featured a two-headed eagle exactly where Canada’s jerseys highlighted the maple leaf. This two-headed eagle is not a modern invention. It is “Byzantine.” The eagle was, if we travel 1,800 years back in time, the imperial symbol of the Byzantine Empire.
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