http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=16&L=en On Campus Fri, 24 May 2013 07:58:07 -0500 2013 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=101501&L=en Just under 5.1 million students were enrolled in publicly funded elementary and secondary schools in Canada during the academic year 2008/2009, down 0.5% from the previous year. Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=98857&L=en In 1990/1991, nearly 340,000 or 16.6% of young people aged 20 to 24 had not completed a high school diploma and were not attending school. This high school dropout rate declined significantly through the 1990s and 2000s. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=97176&L=en During the 2009/2010 school year, about 542,000 postsecondary students aged 15 to 24 held jobs. This represented an employment rate of 45%, down from 48% in 2007/2008, just before the economic downturn. Nevertheless, these rates were well above those during the 1970s when 25% of students were employed. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96497&L=en Canadian full-time students in undergraduate programs this fall paid 4.0% more on average in tuition fees for the 2010/2011 academic year than they did a year earlier. This increase is slightly higher than the one for 2009/2010, when tuition fees rose 3.6%. Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=96007&L=en In 2008, 20% of Canadian teenagers aged 15 to 19 were no longer pursuing a formal education. This was higher than the average of 15% across the 31 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76039&L=en Ottawa, ON – Budget 2010 is making intelligent investments to help students find their way into post-secondary education, and assisting new graduates in finding employment, but has announced little for existing students facing over $500 million in lost income, due to the recession last summer, and are having difficulty paying for college and university.   Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=71575&L=en Ottawa - Leona Aglukkaq, Canada's Minister of Health, will allocate just over $230,000 dollars in funding to the Student's Commission of Canada to develop initiatives that will engage youth in tobacco use reduction.   Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=59381&L=en Canadian universities and affiliated teaching hospitals reported more than $52 million as income from intellectual property in 2007, down 12% from 2006. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=58326&L=en Just under 5.12 million students were enrolled in publicly funded elementary and secondary schools during 2007/2008, down 0.9% from the previous school year. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=46377&L=en  The number of employed students fell by 59,000 compared with a year earlier, all in full time. At the same time, their participation in the labour force fell substantially from 75.2% to 68.6%. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=41519&L=en In 2007, two years after graduation, loans exceeded $20,000 on average for graduates with student debt (both government and non-government) at the bachelor's and doctorate levels. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=37555&L=en About 60% of college degrees in Canada were awarded to women in 2006, continuing a long-term trend in which female graduates have outnumbered their male counterparts Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=35100&L=en Dropout rates in Atlantic Canada's colleges and universities are overstated unless students who switch institutions, or who leave briefly and return, are taken into account, according to Statistics Canada.  . Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=27486&L=en The Third European Media Forum for Young Journalists Working for Electronic Media ‘Dialogue of Cultures’ took place from 11 to 12 November 2008 at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=25780&L=en Quebec and Alberta College Students are more likely to leave their studies as are students who come from a single parent family and those who have a dropout episode in high school, according to a study by Statistics Canada. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=150&L=en Marilyne Alie is a student in the International Baccalaureate Program at Vanier College in Montréal. We must put an end to indifference and racism, and art can be an excellent way to communicate ideas. Because art is an informal means of communication, we can express our ideas without them being subjected to judgment. Art is a totally free form of expression, the freest that I know of. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Marilyne Alie http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=3674&L=en The first time I heard about Vélib was this past summer, when my brother returned from a vacation in Paris. He told me about this wonderful new system where you could rent a bike and in this way visit the city without depending on the metro or buses. It was now easily possible to see the Eiffel Tower and the Notre Dame Cathedral within a half hour, all the while taking in all of Paris’s beautiful sites. So you can imagine my excitement when I landed in Paris just two weeks ago, looking forward to discovering Paris by bike myself. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Miriam Rabkin http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=2355&L=en It has been a long time since the environment received as much press as in 2007. A glance at recently released books shows an ever-increasing importance given to global warming, nuclear energy and organic food. Environmental damage is often portrayed as an almost irreversible fact. Do people, and in particular youth, feel they can make a difference? Do they care? And if they do, what role do they think they can play? Tolerance.ca surveyed students and young professionals, as well as specialists in the field, to see what they have to say. Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Miriam Rabkin http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=618&L=en What are the positive aspects of diversity in a city like Montreal, and a campus like Vanier College? Are there any possible “downsides” to diversity – problems that a society will encounter when diverse populations live together? Does the mainstream really accept diversity, or are there subtle presumes to make diverse people fit into a particular social mold or common identity? Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Neil Caplan http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=551&L=en Many Canadians take pride in the fact that their country is a world leader when it comes to multiculturalism. Yet things have shifted in the past few years. 9/11, the ‘war on terror’ and religious manifestations in the public domain have raised some worries and hostility in regard to multicultural policies and specific minorities. Tolerance.ca interviewed specialists and spoke to students and recent graduates on questions raised by this new reality. Does multiculturalism reinforce our feeling of belonging to Canadian society or does it exacerbate our differences? Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Miriam Rabkin http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=395&L=en More than a million people have been victims of genocide in the past ten years, despite countless promises by world leaders and international organizations that never again would such tragedies be allowed to occur. Moreover, talk of genocide remains ever-present in the news. Tolerance.ca ® decided to probe deeper into the question and met with experts on the topic. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Miriam Rabkin http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=281&L=en Today, most young girls think they have to be beautiful and sexy, even at school. While it’s becoming more common for secondary schools to require uniforms, that doesn’t hold for the college level, where the phenomenon of teenage girls wearing overtly sexualized clothing still exists. Some people say they have the right to wear what they want, but this freedom is not always without consequence. Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Véronik Talbot http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=260&L=en They are young and openly gay, lesbian or bisexual. They have one goal in mind: to build a future that matches their ambitions. They are convinced that their difference is an advantage in the struggle against prejudice. Between two exams and as many meetings, they take the time to meet with a journalist and express their opinions on the daily lives of gays and lesbians who, like themselves, are still in school. Each has had unique but complementary experiences that, taken together, form an enlightening portrait of their present condition. Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Jean-François Roberge http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=233&L=en Perhaps more than anywhere else in the rest of Canada, the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah which took place this past summer spilled over into the streets of Montréal, becoming a prominent and explosive subject for its entire duration. How did the Arab and Jewish students of Montréal experience the political events? What tensions did they live through and what sentiments did they feel towards each other? Tolerance.ca® conducted several interviews with students and young professionals. Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Miriam Rabkin http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=213&L=en Article and photos by Guy Labissonnière, journalist On Wednesday, September 13, 2006, Jean-Marie Dufresne and his co-worker Patrice Grenier were giving a first-aid and CPR course to employees at the Collège des médecins. They were eating lunch at Plaza Alexis-Nihon, just across the street from Dawson College, when they saw a stream of students running to safety in the shopping mall. Thinking they could help, they ran to the scene, where they quickly came upon two people who had been shot and were lying on the sidewalk. Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500 On Campus Guy Labissonnière