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Media releases
51²è¹Ý launches pan-Canadian conversation on the role of public education in nation-building
51²è¹Ý is launching a major cross-Canada engagement centred on the role of public schools in nation-building.Â
51²è¹Ý announces appointment of co-executive directors
51²è¹Ý is entering a new chapter with the appointment of Kate Hagerman and Paris Semansky as the organization’s first co-Executive Directors.
New national survey launched to strengthen public education across Canada
51²è¹Ý and the Centre for Leading Research in Education at Wilfrid Laurier University have launched Annual Canadian School Survey (ACSS), a first-of-its-kind national survey to track the real-life impacts of education policy and…
51²è¹Ý announces the retirement of co-founder and visionary leader, Annie Kidder
Annie Kidder to retire after nearly three decades of tireless advocacy and visionary leadership at 51²è¹Ý.
2017 School closing report
New report maps school closings, finds disproportionate impact on rural boards.
Press conference highlights: career and life planning in Ontario’s schools
Watch video-clips from our press conference on March 1 to release our report on career and life-planning in schools.
Students missing out on vital career/life planning support
A new report reveals that the majority of elementary schools and nearly half of high schools haven't been able to implement the province’s education, career and life-planning program.
51²è¹Ý survey applauds policy but cites problems implementing it as well as a shortage of guidance counsellors.
New report reveals geographic divide in Ontario schools
51²è¹Ý releases 19th Annual Report on Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools.