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A few years ago, I wrote an opinion piece on “pathway colleges”—i.e. private companies that recruit students from other countries and then ‘bridge’ them into Canadian universities by providing pre-university courses, including English as a Second Language. A recent CBC News article underlines how perilous such recruitment of post-secondary students from abroad can be, and why it is important [...]
Posted by Nick Falvo under China, education, Manitoba, P3s, post-secondary education, privatization, social policy.
April 20th, 2012
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A guest post from Richard Pereira, a recent winner of the PEF Essay Contest… – Canadian Economics Association – The Town Without Poverty There were hundreds of speakers at this year’s CEA conference in Ottawa. About a dozen of these were designated “Special Lectures/Conférences spéciales” and among them were Jack Mintz on “The GST After [...]
Posted by Nick Falvo under education, guaranteed annual income, health care, income support, Manitoba, poverty, social policy.
June 6th, 2011
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