MONTREAL, APRIL  10, 2012 – The Canadian School Boards Association (CSBA) is pleased to announce the election of its new President, Sandi Urban Hall of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association. Presidents of the eight provincial …

 
The Health of Canada’s Young People: a mental health focus is based on 2009/10 Canadian data and examines the mental health of young Canadians.  Young people’s mental health is an important issue today and is strongly …

Please see our Congress page for program and registration information for Congress 2012, hosted by the Québec English School Boards Association in Québec City.

Last week, CSBA presented three of its provincial associations’ initiatives in the area of aboriginal education at the CMEC Educators’ Forum on Aboriginal Education. Local initiatives are having a powerful impact on student engagement, community …

Lakehead District School Board is located in the Thunder Bay area of Ontario. With a student enrollment of just over 13,000, the board consists of twenty-five elementary, four secondary and one adult education centre. Lakehead District is …

This post, written by Melanie Jackson of the British Columbia School Trustees’ Association, is an excerpt from “The Way Forward is the Way Back: Saving the Haida Language.”

When Haida Gwaii Trustee Wayne Wilson was a …

First held throughout the Commonwealth in 1919, Remembrance Day commemorates the armistice to end the First World War, which came into effect at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.
For Canadian students, an important resource is …

Media Literacy Week takes place this year from November 7-11 across Canada.
Canada’s youth are exposed to media content on a daily basis, and are continually asked to understand the “nature, techniques and impacts of …

Last week, the government tabled Bill C-11, a re-introduction of Bill C-32 that was originally introduced in June 2010.
See the CSBA copyright page for CSBA’s 2010 submission to Canadian Parliament.
Although there are many provisions in the Copyright …

Its International Literacy Day-established by UNESCO in 1965, this day calls attention to the need to eradicate illiteracy across the globe. The theme of International Literacy Day 2011 is “Literacy for Peace.”
Canada is celebrating with …