The third annual #YouOttaKnow conference brought together high school students from all over the city to learn about transportation and civic involvement in Ottawa. More »
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Earlier today City Hall was filled with young voices demanding change.
The voices belonged to participants in the third annual #YouOttaKnow conference, which brings together high school students from all over the city to learn about transportation and civic involvement in Ottawa. The conference is put on by the Ottawa Youth Commission.
Students took part in workshops about green communities, bike safety, and light rail, and had the opportunity to voice their concerns with OC Transpo.
Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak invited apprentice plumbers and electricians to a press conference in Toronto today. Brielle Morgan followed the story. Click below for a Storify piece.
Adam Mohiuddin, 14 - SAVANT / Brielle Morgan
Unschooled, a new documentary film that takes an in-depth look at Ottawa’s homeschooling community, will premiere this Thursday at Carleton University.
Carleton journalism students Julia Sisler, Heather Yundt and Paul Clark spent three days recording the family life of Khalid Mohiuddin and Doris Nabert, who have been homeschooling their 14-year-old son Adam Mohiuddin his whole life.
Ontario students outperform students in the rest of Canada in math, science, and reading, according to a new report.
The Pan-Canadian Assessment Program tests students from across the country, and Ontario students scored above the national average in all three subjects.
Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa Centre, says the results is very good news for Ontario, and credits the Liberal government’s reforms with helping to improve scores.
“We’ve made a very concerted effort in reducing class sizes, ensuring that test scores continue to go up, and focusing on student achievement.”
Seven Grade 8 students form an assembly line in the kitchen of D.A. Moodie Intermediate School. A blond-haired boy sits near the door, wielding a bottle of hand-sanitizer. Further on, two friends stand with clipboards and pens, ready to sign in their peers. The remaining four students sit behind a long table piled high with apples, oranges, bananas, raw vegetables, bagels, pita and a bowl of pungent hummus.
At 11:30 the door opens to admit a stream of hungry, boisterous students. Half an hour later, the plates are empty, the room is quiet, and Susan Molson is looking at the sign-in sheets. Today, the Healthy Snack Room served more than 130 students.
NDP leader Nycole Turmel, MP Charlie Angus and First Nations officials visited the Attawapiskat First Nations reserve today. Educational inequality has plagued the reserve for decades, disadvantaging First Nations kids from a young age. The crisis at Attawapsikat is shedding light on issues that plague many remote northern communities, with Aboriginal education at the fore. Laura Beaulne-Stuebing followed the story on Twitter. Click below for a Storify piece.
