Tag: minister of education

  • Ontario Expands Access to French Immersion in High School Starting September 2013

    J’aime parler le français! Because French is one of Canada’s two official languages, students in Ontario’s publicly funded English-language schools are required to study French. More Ontarians will be thrilled pour communiquer en français starting in September 2013 because Ontario is expanding French immersion programs across the province to give more high school (secondary school)…

  • ‘Swim to Survive’ Summer Invite for Ontario’s Children Ages 7 – 14

    “Swim to Survive is a Lifesaving Society survival training program. The Society defines the minimum skills needed by all Canadians to survive an unexpected fall into deep water. These are expressed in a skill sequence in the Canadian Swim to Survive Standard” as follows: ROLL into deep water – TREAD water (1 min.) – SWIM…

  • Clean Energy Transformation of Ontario Schools This Fall

    This fall in Ontario, our schoolchildren will enter cleaner, greener and more sustainable schools (126 schools) which, by that time, will be powered by cleaner and renewable sources of energy, like solar, wind and geothermal. Our children will enjoy a healthier learning environment because using renewable energy will help schools reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.…

  • Renewable Energy Projects in Ontario’s Schools

    Ontario, Canada: Newsroom Media Advisory Ontario Schools Benefiting from Renewable Energy April 20, 2011 Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Education, and Brad Duguid, Minister of Energy, will visit Ontario Electrical Construction Company Limited to announce renewable energy projects in Ontario’s schools. Date: April 21, 2011