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Yukon education department accidentally leaks student data

27/09/2022Oktavina

A few errant keystrokes by an education department worker exposed the data of more than 500 Yukon students, according to a notification obtained by CBC News.

“[T]he breach involves a risk of significant harm to your privacy,” reads the letter to affected students. The letter says names, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and social insurance numbers were all included.

The leak took place when a department employee included an unidentified person’s email address when forwarding a spreadsheet containing the data of students who applied to a post-secondary grant program to colleagues. Staff attempted to contact the person, the

Saskatoon Board of Education calls for long-term funding after one-time offset – Saskatoon

21/09/2022Oktavina

The Saskatoon Public Schools board of education approved a revised budget after the Government of Saskatchewan announced funding for the province’s school divisions amid inflationary costs.

$20 million was announced back in July and divided among the 27 school divisions, with $1,579,400 going to Saskatoon Public Schools.

The original budget came with a number of cutbacks, as 12.7 full time equivalent elementary teaching positions and 6.9 full time equivalent positions in secondary schools had to be dropped due to a $4.5-million shortfall.

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‘Parents are scrambling’: Reaction to news BC schools will be closed Monday for queen’s funeral

17/09/2022Oktavina

The announcement of an unexpected school closure next Monday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted some strong responses from BC parents.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that only federal government employees would get an extra holiday on Monday, but a trigger clause in the contract of BC’s public service workers mandates that any federal holiday applies to them as well.

The sudden closure is forcing many parents to scramble for child care or possibly staying home on Monday.

“Parents are scrambling. They are concerned that they still have to go to work and they don’t have

Cryptocurrency Prices And News: President Biden Outlines Crypto Regulation Plan

17/09/2022Oktavina

Cryptocurrency News: Cryptocurrency prices are mixed Friday afternoon. But Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to slide, bringing a disappointing end to a big week for crypto. But there’s still plenty of news to ring in the weekend.

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The White House released an outline of its policy recommendations for regulating cryptocurrencies and digital assets Friday morning. President Biden is encouraging regulators to “aggressively pursue” investigations and enforcement against illegal actions in digital assets. He recommends agencies re-double monitoring efforts of consumer complaints and issue rules to address risk. The White House is also launching initiatives focused on consumer education, adopting instant

Minister of Education, board retirees weigh in on WRDSB cyber attack investigation

10/09/2022Oktavina

Back in July the Waterloo Region District School Board was hacked with attackers accessing restricted and sensitive data.

The stolen data included both past and present student and employee information some of which dated as far back as 1970.

In mid August the board reported they had recovered the stolen data and any compromised data had been deleted.

As students returned to school on Tuesday, questions were raised about the current state of the hack.

Speaking with CityNews 570, Richard Clausi a retired math teacher and president of the Active Retired Members local chapter of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers

Money set to boost nursing education in Florida

09/09/2022Oktavina

TALLAHASSEE – State higher-education officials are slated next week to discuss how universities plan to spend $40 million at bolstering the number of “high-quality” nursing graduates in Florida.

The Legislature this year approved spending $100 million to create what’s called the Prepping Institutions, Programs, Employers, and Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education fund, or PIPELINE.

Along with money for universities, the PIPELINE fund included $40 million for nursing programs at state colleges and $20 million for nursing education at career and technical centers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the money as part of efforts to boost workforce education.

“There has long

Jason Clare has just put the Australian Research Council on notice. This brings (some) good news for academics

01/09/2022Oktavina

This week Education Minister Jason Clare has kicked off what could be a major reset of university research funding in Australia.

He first announced a review of the Australian Research Council (ARC) in July but released the details of how it would work on Tuesday. He also released a strongly worded “letter of expectations” about the ARC’s work for the rest of 2022.

This follows serious concerns about ministerial interference in funding decisions under the Morrison government. It also follows ongoing frustrations and heartache within the academic community over the huge amount of work involved in applying for grants, the

Montreal English School Board launching new ‘virtual academy’ this year

29/08/2022Oktavina

As the start of the new school season is less than a week away, a Montreal school board is set to launch a new virtual school for select students who want to take their learning online.

Starting this week, the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) is opening registration for the Quebec Virtual Academy, which will be eligible to certain students who meet specific criteria set by the Ministry of Education.

The online learning model will be open to students with a “long-term medical condition” who can’t attend class for health reasons on the condition they provide a note from a