A test of wills: Ontario school boards announce huge layoffs

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Ontario Education Minister John Snobelen called for school boards to reduce their budgets by $400 million by Dec 1996. This caused four school boards to layoff 2,100 teachers. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has staged strikes and demonstrations against the cuts and layoffs.

Human resource management, Economic policy, Demonstrations and protests, Ontario, School boards, Boards of education, Teachers' unions, Harris, Michael (Canadian premier), Snobelen, John, Ontario Public Service Employees Union

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Universities under siege

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Educational resources have become more scarce as the Canadian government continues to trim the budget. Women, gays, minorities, liberal arts proponents and others are vying with academics for course approval. Political correctness and other topics are also discussed.

Economic aspects, Education and state, Universities and colleges, Education policy, College teachers, College faculty, Curricula, College curriculum, Political correctness, Teacher tenure

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Small-screen monsters

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Violence has become quite common in many made-for-television movies. TV movies that feature violence and murder often score high rating points.

Violence in television, Television violence

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