The BBC calls it "the world’s most important exam." In the world of high-stakes education reform, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings serve as a touchstone for policy makers and a benchmark for accountability to the tax-paying public.
Under any other circumstances, I would have been more flattered by the attention.
After all, I had groups of students hanging on my every word over the weekend.
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) has been working for nearly five years now to help support, grow and commercialize digital media across the country.
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This university trains students for careers that might not yet exist.
This group helps participants learn methods to cope more effectively with feelings of depression and other negative moods, to identify and change chronically negative thoughts and beliefs, and to develop better self-esteem, better self-care, and a more satisfying life.
I do user research on our digital products, including our apps, our website and some of our internal systems. All our shows have a website, and some of them have their own second-screen experience apps. There are mobile apps for CBC News and Sports, too.
It was one of those beautiful moments of intellectual revelation that undergraduate education is all about. Evan Pivnick was reading Climate Wars by Gwynne Dyer when he realized that climate change wasn't just a problem of science but also of politics.
When most students in Stratford are just trying to remember how to find their homeroom class, masters students at the University of Waterloo Stratford campus are delving into local history, documenting downtown chocolatiers, detailing t
When Abram Chan started thinking about what he wanted to do after finishing his psychology undergraduate degree two years ago, an MBA came to mind.
Enrolment at the Stratford Campus of the University of Waterloo is up more than 40% from last year.
Ginny Dybenko on creating the next generation of digital knowledge workers