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For racialized students, the transition to university can bring challenges, exposure to racial microaggressions and other forms of racism that can affect how safe and supported they feel. (Getty Images/Unsplash)

Having a strong social network can help students deal with racial microaggressions

Research is increasingly documenting how pervasive racial microaggressions are in the daily lives of racialized young people.
Real per-student provincial operating funding to boards last year was at the lowest level seen over the last 10 years, according to The Financial Accountability office of Ontario. A school hallway in Ottawa, in December 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

What Ontarians need to know about ‘student achievement’ reforms that will run school boards like businesses

All students and families will be impacted by cuts and provincial reforms being imposed on Ontario schools, and those who are already disadvantaged will bear the brunt.
While literary texts can nurture deep understandings about racism and power, it’s not enough to provide students with racially and culturally diverse texts. (Rasheeq Mohammad)

How literature teachers can create anti‑racist classrooms

When teachers are self-aware of how their identities impact their values, beliefs and experiences, they are better prepared to help students build bridges between their lives and literature.
Initially, inclusion in schools meant bringing students with disabilities, who had previously been educated in segregated institutions, into mainstream school. A classroom seen in Vancouver, B.C., April 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Achieving full inclusion in schools: Lessons from New Brunswick

Research about how New Brunswick education has envisioned inclusion since the 1980s offers lessons in rethinking how to realize schools that celebrate all students’ strengths.
A new study found that graduates of publicly funded schools were more likely to disagree with statements such as ‘discrimination is no longer a major problem.’ (Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages)

Why attending publicly funded schools may help students become more culturally sensitive

A study finds that graduates who attended publicly funded schools were more likely to have open intercultural orientations than those who attended private schools.
A team of caring adults, including certified teachers and coaches, support The Youth Association for Academics, Athletics and Character Education (YAAACE) community initiatives in Toronto’s Jane-Finch neighbourhood. (Ardavan Eizadirad)

Ontario can close students’ access and opportunity gaps with community‑led projects

Revamping standardized testing needs to be accompanied with tangible actions to mitigate students’ opportunity gaps at the community level, particularly for racialized students.

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