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Students protest decision by George Brown College to scale back jewelry and gemmology programs
Scores of George Brown College students marched in protest on Wednesday against a school decision to scale back some of its jewelry and gemmology programs this fall.
Masks, tests, empty shelves: York University photo exhibit captures COVID-19 pandemic, 5 years on
A new exhibit at York University aims to show the challenges that people faced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the moments of resilience as people grappled with the infectious disease that changed the world overnight.
Toronto police search for man missing for over a week from east-end home
Toronto police are searching for a 29-year-old man — a husband and a father — who has been missing since he left his east end home more than a week ago.
Durham, Peel regions facing skyrocketing demand as Toronto shelters turn away asylum seekers
A group of municipalities say they are dealing with the same refugee settlement concerns as Toronto and desperately need more resources with their shelter systems far beyond capacity.
Schools Under Stress
Teachers worry high school grads will struggle in post-secondary education due to pandemic
Charis Liu is just one of hundreds of thousands of high school students in Ontario who were forced out of their classrooms and into remote learning when COVID-19 hit the province. More than 70 per cent of educators who answered a CBC News questionnaire are worried they will struggle in post-secondary schools.
Meet the brains behind the push to get more women in neurosurgery
Neurology, neurosurgery and our understanding of the brain in general is in its infancy — all the more reason to have a diverse range of smart minds with different perspectives and experiences participating in the study of it.
Mississauga athletic therapist becomes TikTok famous with new fitness challenge
A Mississauga fitness maven who calls herself "definitely that girl in the gym that is always filming herself" has become famous on social media by creating a new fitness challenge that is much harder to do than it looks.
U of T students demand change in wake of suicide on campus
Twenty-four students at the University of Toronto are calling on the school to improve its mental health services immediately after a death by suicide in a computer science building on Friday.
Some classes at a Toronto high school have as many as 40 students each, principal says
A Toronto high school principal is reporting that some classrooms at the school contain as many as 40 students but the numbers are expected to improve by next month when the board reviews its staffing levels.
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How bleeding, trembling, talking mannequins train hospital staff to save your life
Hands-on learning is fundamental in many workplaces and at St. Michael's Hospital, the operating room is no different.