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Education systems must confront ableist processes, attitudes and practices if all children, including those with dyslexia, are able to realize the right to read. The exterior of the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg in November 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Dyslexic students have the right to read — and Manitoba has joined other provinces to address this

Michael Baker, University of Manitoba

The Manitoba Human Rights Commission released the first phase of their report exploring students’ rights to access evidence-based reading interventions in Manitoba’s public education system.
It’s easy for governments to make big policy announcements, and more difficult to change what happens in thousands of classrooms and schools. (Shutterstock)

For successful school phone bans, school administrators and parents need to support teachers

Sachin Maharaj, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

It simply cannot be left up to individual teachers to enforce cellphone restrictions in schools without significant support from school administrators and work to bring parents on board.
Countering extremist anti-immigrant and racist attitudes and recruiting in Manitoba requires new approaches. Here, on the right, Hazel Ismail, with No One Is Illegal, calls for Winnipeg to become a sanctuary city, Feb. 3, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Communities can combat racism, hate and extremism with education

Kawser Ahmed, University of Winnipeg

Manitoba faces pressing facing demands for new ways of forming relationships with young people to counter hate.

Related Topics

  1. Alberta education
  2. anti-immigrant attitudes
  3. Anti-immigration attitudes
  4. Back to school
  5. cell phone bans
  6. Children and technology
  7. Children with disability
  8. Dyslexia
  9. Mobile phones
  10. Ontario education

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