Education

Northern Ontario has the highest rates of cannabis dependence in high-school students across the province, according to the study Drug use among Ontario Students, published by the Canadian Mental Health Association in 2020. When a group of fourth-year medical students at NOSM University learned these statistics, they felt compelled to educate preteens and teenagers ages 12-18 as part of their unique advocacy curriculum. ...

Due to the inclement weather and freezing rain in Hornepayne, all school related transportation is cancelled today for all Boards.  Schools will remain open.

Dans le cadre de ses efforts à encourager et assurer l’équité, le respect et l’inclusion dans ses communautés scolaires, le Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon, en collaboration avec le Comité de participation des parents du Conseil, produira une série de quatre capsules vidéo ayant pour but de sensibiliser ses communautés scolaires et d’offrir une meilleure appréciation des différentes cultures qui les ...

As part of its efforts to encourage and ensure equity, respect and inclusion in its school communities, the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon, in collaboration with its Parents’ Participation Committee, will produce a series of four videos. This project seeks to raise awareness within the board’s school communities and provide a better appreciation of the different cultures that surround them, and ...

Due to adverse weather and poor road conditions, all school related transportation services are cancelled today for all Boards in Wawa, White River, Dubreuilville, and Chapleau. Schools are open. Note: transportation will be running in Hornepayne.

Due to the impending weather system and freezing rain warnings, all school related transportation is cancelled today for all Boards in the Wawa, White River, Dubreuilville, and Chapleau.  Schools will remain open. Note: transportation will be running in Hornepayne

Christian Synnett, élève de 12e année à l’École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau), a eu l’occasion de se joindre à ses collègues Anik et Brielle de l’ÉSC Champlain (Chelmsford) afin de participer au Niveau 1 du programme à double reconnaissance de crédit “Électricien/ Électricienne (Construction et entretien)” offert au Collège Boréal.   Le Programme d’apprentissage pour les jeunes de l’Ontario (PAJO) ...

Christian Synnett, a grade 12 student at École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau), had the opportunity to join fellow students Anik and Brielle from ÉSC Champlain (Chelmsford) and participate in Level 1 of the credited dual recognition program as “Electrician (Construction and Maintenance)” offered at Collège Boréal. The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) allows students to complete apprenticeship training while in ...

Les élèves de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) inscrits au cours Études des religions ont tout récemment étudié l’hindouisme, ses fêtes et ses traditions. Dirigés par leur enseignante Mme Maryssa Kozlowskyj, ils ont célébré la fête de Diwali « La fête des lumières », qui est la fête la plus importante de l’hindouisme et en Inde. Après avoir pris connaissance de l’histoire ...

Students from École secondaire Saint-Joseph in Wawa registered in the Religious Studies class recently studied Hinduism, its celebrations and traditions. Led by their teacher Ms. Maryssa Kozlowskyj, they were able to celebrate Diwali “The Festival of Lights”, which is the most important holiday in Hinduism and in India. After learning about the history of this festival, the students proceeded with ...

Les Jeux olympiques d’hiver se sont déroulés à l’école élémentaire et secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) du 9 au 25 février. Pendant plus de deux semaines, les élèves participaient à 16 activités identifiées sur une carte bingo. Parmi les activités on comptait patiner avec un ami, pelleter de la neige, glisser en famille, bâtir un inukshuk, jouer au hockey et boire un ...

The Winter Olympics were held at École élémentaire et secondaire Saint-Joseph in Wawa from February 9 to 25. For more than two weeks, students participated in 16 activities identified on a bingo card. Activities included skating with a friend, shoveling snow, sliding with the family, building an inukshuk, playing hockey and drinking hot chocolate. Through the sharing of photos, the ...

Le 15 mars 2022, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé l’expansion des écoles de médecine de toute la province. Au cours des cinq prochaines années, l’Université de l’EMNO aura donc 30 places supplémentaires dans son programme de médecine et 41 dans ses programmes de résidence. « Merci au premier ministre, Doug Ford, à la ministre de la Santé et des Soins ...

On March 15, 2022 the Government of Ontario announced medical school expansion across the province. With this announcement, NOSM University will see an added 30 medical degree and 41 residency spots over the next five years. “Thank you to Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Health Christine Elliott and Minister of Colleges and Universities Jill Dunlop for making changes that will ...

The National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation (NPLSF) has partnered with the Cane-Bridge Foundation to bring lessons of the predator-prey restoration at a United States Park to Spanish-speaking students. Cane-Bridge (Puentes de Caña in Spanish) and the NPLSF announced the release of Spanish educational lesson plans and a new documentary film: “The Return of Wolves: Lessons from the Wilderness.” From ...