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RMC sending students home for remainder of term

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments cadets returning home, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston, COVID-19, Kingston, online classes, online learning, pandemic, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Sébastien Bouchard, sending students home, Thanksgiving break, virtual learning

The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) will be sending cadets home for the remainder of the term on Thanksgiving

Campus Education News

Queen’s addresses tuition costs during remote course delivery

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments cleaning, coronavirus, COVID-19, emergency bursaries, information technology costs, online classes, online learning, personal protective equipment (PPE), physical distancing, post-secondary students, Provost Mark Green, Public Health, Queen's University, remote classes, remote course delivery, remote learning, sanitization, teaching related expenses, tuition, tuition costs

For the past few months, thousands of students across Ontario have taken to social media, expressing confusion over why tuition

Education Opinion Poll

Poll: What is your decision for your children and the 2020-2021 school year?

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, children, coronavirus, COVID-19, home schooling, in-person classes, Kingston, Limestone District School Board, online classes, pandemic, poll, public school, remote classes, remote learning, students

With the 2020-2021 school year fast approaching, and with new information coming out daily on what the different models of

Kingston Transit terminates bus pass agreement with Queen’s, SLC

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, agreements, City of Kingston, contracts, COVID-19, free bus passes, Jeremy DaCosta, Kingston, Kingston Transit, online classes, post-secondary institutions, Queen's University, St. Lawrence College, students

Editorial note: The original headline of this article stated that Kingston Tranist is terminating it’s contracts with Queen’s and SLC

SLC: 20-25 per cent of student body may be on campus for fall 2020

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments campus, coronavirus, COVID-19, Fall Semester, fall term, Glenn Vollebregt, health sciences, in-person classes, Kingston, on-campus program delivery, online classes, online program delivery, pandemic, physical distancing, physical space, post secondary education, school, St. Lawrence College, virtual classes

St. Lawrence College (SLC) announced that planning for the 2020 fall term has begun and revealed some of those plans

Campus Education Health News

Queen’s planning for most fall courses to be delivered remotely

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, delivered remotely, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fall of 2020, fall term, Kingston, lab work, Mark Green, on-campus classes, online classes, pandemic, physical distancing, Provost and Vice Principal Academic, Public Health, Queen's Faculty of Law, Queen's University, remote delivery, restrictions on classroom space, university courses and programs

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, those at Queen’s University are preparing for a fall term where most courses will be

Education Opinion

Opinion: Ontario education replacing ‘3 Rs’ with ‘3 Ss’ – surf, stream, and share

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Cliff Morton 0 Comments 3 Rs, 3 Ss, computers, COVID-19, curriculum, e-learning, education structure, Kingston, online classes, online learning, Ontario, opinion, pedagogy, public education, schools, technology, the efficacy of e-learning

The structure of Ontario’s Kindergarten to grade 12 schools and Ontario public education is in the process of a sea-change,