Tag Archives: Education
Post-secondary institutions adapting to current realities
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is adapting to the new realities brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak. The school has transitioned many classes to online portals. Dr. Has Malik, provost and vice president aca...
Apr 11, 2020 Saskatchewan Polytechnic is preparing for a number of possibilities going forward, (Submitted Photo/Saskatchewan Polytechnic)
Local teacher continues with project despite closing of schools
A teacher at Wesmor Public High School is not letting COVID-19 stop a school project.Colette Daelick, who also acts as a facilitator for Following their Voices, is currently caring for a number of tob...
Apr 08, 2020 Colette Daelick is taking care of several tobacco plants at home. (Facebook/Wesmor Public High School)
COVID-19 ushers in whole new world of student education
Local teachers - like their counterparts across the country- are trying to get up to speed on a whole new way of doing their job as they prepare supplemental opportunities for students. We're really b...
Apr 05, 2020 Classroom based education as we know it is on hold because of COVID-19 and teachers have been reaching out to families on how best to offer supplemental learning.(file photo/paNOW)
Supplemental learning amid COVID-19 schools suspension still unclear
If you've been wondering about your child's lack of schooling during this uncertain period of class suspensions and isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some help may soon be on its way. However, t...
Mar 30, 2020 Classrooms are empty because of the COVID-19 situation. Teachers will start engaging with parents and caregivers from today on how supplemental learning and support will look. (file photo/paNOW)
SCFPA frustrated by no commitment for future of École Valois in provincial budget
The French-Canadian Society of Prince Albert (SCFPA) stated in a media release on Friday they're frustrated there was no commitment in the provincial budget regarding the future of cole Valois and oth...
Mar 29, 2020 Ecole Valois School. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
LLRIB Director of Education apologizes for now-deleted Facebook post
"Any teacher not preparing to teach online and creating digital tools is basically resigning."That's how Lac La Ronge Indian Band Director of Education Simon Bird started a recently deleted Facebook p...
Mar 24, 2020 Simon Bird is the director of education of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. (Simon Bird/Facebook)
Cree names given to star and exoplanet
The Cree language has been linked to astrology for thousands of years, using the sun, the stars and the moon as navigational guides. But now, Cree names for a star and its exoplanet will be used in ev...
Mar 18, 2020 A star and its exoplanet have been renamed in Cree as part of a naming contest. (ID 125461858 © Vitalij Kopa | Dreamstime.com)
P.A. schools respond to provincial closure
Prince Albert's school divisions are responding to the government decision announced Monday that all school classes in the province will be suspended indefinitely from Friday. The last day of school f...
Mar 16, 2020 Premier Scott Moe announces the decision to close the province's schools. (Sarah Mills/Twitter)
Sask. schools to close as of Friday amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced the closure of all schools starting Friday. The decision came on a day when the province's seventh presemptive case of the COVID-19 was confirmed.Pre-K to ...
Mar 16, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
U of S closing all recreational facilities
The University of Saskatchewan is closing all recreational facilities on campus beginning Monday morning to increase preventative measures surrounding the spread of COVID-19 in the province.According ...
Mar 15, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
